Travel to Clifton Forge, VA

We left nearly on time yesterday -  9:45 AM - for our 210 mile trip to Clifton Forge, VA. It is located 27 miles from the West Virginia border and the drive took us about 5 hours with several stops along the way and some construction which held us up for 1/2 hour. It was a trip that took us past the southern entrance to the Skyline Drive and into the Blue Ridge Mountains which were the first mountains we've seen in over 6 months:

I only averaged 7.7 MPG with the truck/fifth wheel combination which was expected with the mountain driving.

We enjoyed a relaxing evening after setting up in a very nice space in the Buckhorne Campground:

Just to the right of our space above (out of the picture) is the famous - for this area - Buckhorne Country Store. When we arrived, and for most of the rest of the afternoon, a radio was blasting music all over the campground. At first, we thought it might be the normal activity here, but it stopped around dinner time.

Today is another 200 mile journey through the mountains to Barboursville, WV, almost into KY. Our departure will be a little earlier today as we have to gas up along the way and the mountains almost always take more time. The weather was great yesterday, and we expect the same today. Until tomorrow...