Departed CFO about 0945. Positioning the Goose at the Gosling’s coupler took just one try, but lots of creep backwards/ cut the wheel/ creep backwards and so on. Rear end of Goose didn’t drop much when I put the Gosling’s weight on the hitch. When I went to hook up the trailer safety chains, I couldn’t get them into the hitch. I went looking for screw loops, found them in the wrong place in the garage, then attached them. Then I tried the safety chains in a different orientation and they worked!
Forgot my wallet, so made the gravel loop and stopped at the house again to retrieve. While I woke about 0730, it took two hours to get a shower and load the last of the stuff into the Goose. Part of that was Deb’s sewing machine and other stuff, plus a laundry-basket-full of spices and foodstuffs.
Took 64 West to Mocksville, where I fueled and bought a cranberry/ chicken salad sandwich for lunch. Phoned the KOA in Newport TN, but there’s some kind of festival and they were booked. Phoned Sherman Oaks and a very nice Cammie took my reservation, told me how to do self-check-in and asked that I text her the site I pick. $45, so not bad. Got on I-40 at Mocksville and continued past Asheville. The bridge reconstruction west of Asheville is complete, but I took it slow through all the curves.
Got to exit 435 at Newport and stopped for fuel and groceries (Murphy and Walmart). Once loaded, I proceeded to Sherman Oaks, which was as expected a second tier campground. However, the site is close to level and the utilities are fine. I’ll cook a burger for dinner and crash after I figure out all the stuff for tomorrow.
Incredibly windy all day long. TPMS worked great; rear tires significantly more load as shown by temperature and pressure. Don’t have TPMS on the trailer, so I looked out the side mirrors all day today to see if they were smoking or blown. Not, thank God.
Stupidities of today:
- Forgetting to put my wallet in my pocket.
- Driving all the way to TN with the hatches above the theater seats wide open. Only one thing fell, the jar of Valentina, and it didn’t bust.
- Forgot to pack the spare tire (rubber, not wheel) for the motorhome. Hope we don’t destroy a tire!
