The adventure begins - Finally!

Well, we finally have hit the road.  We left on Thursday morning bright and early heading up US-19 towards our goal for the day.
As we passed the plant access road I thought of all the years turning left every morning and for once was not inclined to go that way.  A big hello and thanks to all the folks working so hard out there.

We intended to follow a conventional route but decided to go where the GPS took us.  We entered in Montgomery AL in the device and followed the screen.  We ended up going north on US-27 and then going west through SW Georgia and into Alabama.

It was really hot outside - while travelling it was between 95 and 98 the whole afternoon.

We targeted the Army Corp of Eng campground west of Montgomery, Gunter Hill campground.
They do a pretty good job of hiding them (as we found out also the next day) but with the directions in the guide book and my good navigator Connie, we found it and checked in.  We called ahead to ensure they had open sites and they were less than 5% occupied.  This is a very pretty campground on the banks of a nearby river (about 20' higher).  The one camper near us was very friendly and was kind of disappointed we were only spending one night.

Did I mention it was hot outside?  We tried to sit outside and play some banjo but the sweat just poured off of me and I threw in the towel..... literally and called it a night,

We slept in and got a late start on Friday heading towards Nashville.  Due to the late start, we opted to take I-65 most of the way.  The only real headaches were at Birmingham and Huntsville with construction.

We called ahead to the Corp campgrounds east of Nashville, finding a site at the Seven Points campground on Percy Priest reservoir.  Again well hidden but in this case, we ended up with a water view that is breath-taking.  This campground is nearly full and we were able to get a campsite that had just been canceled.  We decided to spend two nights here.

A quick trip to town for groceries and we settled in for the night with the intention of doing stuff around Nashville and going to either the Opry or to the Station Inn on Saturday evening.

We will update the log with pictures when I have a wifi connection without having to challenge my data plan usage.

Thanks for reading and Connie says Hi to all.
Ron