Renfro Valley

Our first destination was Renfro Valley in Kentucky and we chose this rather than heading easterly as the highway seemed a bit better than heading east. We did this mainly as a precaution due to my lack of experience with fifth wheel driving. It did not take us to long to get there which gave us plenty of time to set up etc. The park was just off the interstate so it had easy access, as we we were booking in we were advised the water in the park was off as the pipes had been freezing and bursting, great we now had to find someplace to top up our fresh water tank. We went up the road to a "Wendy's" restaurant found a tap and topped up.

We then grabbed a "sandwich" which is a burger, not sure why when you buy a "burger and chips" it becomes a burger but by itself it's a "sandwich" I'll leave that alone. As always the young girl behind the counter was encouraging us to speak as she stated "I love your accent" followed by say this and say that, all very nice but also funny. Especially funny when she said say "Samantha" (her name) I said "Samantha" she was so disappointed it was the same.

Ok to the park, we got our levels set, dumped our black tank after swishing it around for the last 150 miles, sounds rather gross but it helps break it all down and hence easy dump and flush when the time comes. We are lucky in that we have a black tank flushing system which makes it easier. Then drop the grey water and that's the dirty bits done. Next plug the 30 amp power in, put the satellite dish out, power it up, 2 mins later we have satellite TV. Rose is so glad we got the self locating dish, me to. In the mean time Rose has the slide outs extended, un strapped the chairs and we are about done.

Renfro Valley is home to the Kentucky music hall of fame and its pretty quiet this time of year, as with most things they tend to shut down during the winters, this was no exception. So not much to do but rest and relax.

We woke to one of the thickest frost I have ever seen, in fact a water bottle we left in the truck had half frozen! We then put our trackies on and went for a walk around the area for about an hour.

Our day trips included the town of Berea, famous as being one of the first mixed race campus's in the country, it is still unique in that students do not pay but must work 2 hours a day to fund their degree. It could be working in the craft shop, to cleaning but that's the way they pay their way.

Our next stop was the civil war battle field of Richmond which had a great display in an old building built in 1810?,that was used as a hospital during the battle. It seems to work like this, the owners flee the battle, the army moves in, the battle moves on the army leaves and the owners return to pick up the bits of their house that is left. Just amazing to walk on the floorboards that have seen so much history in their time.

Back to the trailer and have a wine with our neighbours, Tom and Anne from Canada and listen to their adventures after 8 years of full time RVing then a simple dinner.

We new the next morning would be a slow start and it was, as we were packing up another RV er came to chat, and chat we did, nearly four hours, lucky for us our next stop was not far down the interstate. Jim wanted to know about Australia and we wanted to know about fifth wheeling and the USA. Jim had what I would call the "Rolls Royce" of trailers it was impressive indeed. Full size double fridge doors, LED "mood" lighting, walk in wardrobe, island kitchen bench, yep I was impressed! We swapped business cards and left on a high, with an invite from Jim if we are in Michigan to stop by, I might keep him to that. As expected we are meeting some really fantastic people and our journey has only just begun.


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Location:Kentucky