Not Much More than a Nice Museum

 Location: Bandits Roost Corps of Engineers Campground; Wilkesboro, North Carolina

Getting here was one of the longest tows I've made in several years. The last time may have been about five years ago when I was leaving Idaho headed back to Louisiana. At that time, I couldn't find any campgrounds that gave good vibes, so I just drove. It wasn't the case this time. The shortest route between my last campground and my current one was a little over 200 miles which isn't bad. But, as I started looking at the roads, there were way too many miles of two-lane highways without descent shoulders. That's one of my worries is having a mechanical breakdown or blow out while towing Liberty on a road without room to pull over safely. So, I changed my route so that I was on Interstate or 4-lane highways except for about 15 miles. This change added an additional 80 miles to the trip and an hour to my travel time. I would do it again if it comes down to it. 

Probably south-western Virginia

I'm not sure of the location, probably Virginia but maybe North Carolina

Pretty sure it North Carolina

This campground is pretty quiet with mostly older local people. It is close enough to Wilkesboro that I could easily go into town to explore and eat out. The only exploration was a nice museum, Wilkes Heritage Museum. It ranks in my top ten due to the way it was laid out and the quality of exhibits. One of the exhibits was about Lowes, the hardware/lumber store. I didn't realize they started here in Wilkesboro as a local mom and pop hardware store. Only in America can a success story happen like that or the way Sam Walton built up Walmart. America is a one-of-a-kind country and the best in history.

I thought about jumping up on the soapbox, but I just didn't feel up to it. 

My campsite. I needed two boards to level up but it wasn't much of a problem. I am a little worried about not having enough room to turn around and head out. If I don't have enough room, then I'll have to back uphill about 100 yards or so. Fingers crossed.

I found a nice bench inside the campground about 1/4 mile away from my campsite. It looked comfortable but it actually wasn't. Very disappointed and felt deceived. That is the dam in the background and ducks with their ducklings swimming in the lake. It was a peaceful feeling/good vibe. 

Tomorrow is moving day and I'm looking forward to moving on down the road. My next campground will be a state park near Raleigh, North Carolina. I got an email from Recreation.gov today saying the Mobile District was closing several COE campgrounds in the southeast due to staffing shortages. One of my future campgrounds was one to be closed so I had to scramble to fill in those lost days by making new reservations. It's like dominos when you have long term reservations and you have to cancel one. If you're not careful, they will all fall. I got lucky and was able to extend my stay at another reserved COE campground. I'll be there for seven days which is way to long for me, but I'll suffer through it. 

Kind of a boring post, but I'm tired. I have some more exciting campgrounds coming up once I reach the Atlantic Coast. 

Ya'll take care of each other. Maybe I'll Cya down the road.