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Saturday, March 25th, we finally decided to take a chance and start our drive through the mountains. The next campsite from Asheville was 50 miles through the mountains. So I said to Mel, "Let's try it and if it is awful, we can stop at the next campgrounds." We left Asheville with overcast skys, light snow flurries, some fog and wet pavement. About 10 miles out, we were in sunshine and blue skys, so we were off to Knoxville, TN. To make life easier on the RV, I drove the Jeep through the mountains that were just breathtaking, but because I was driving I was unable to take photos. Before we reached Knoxville, Mel swerved into a rest stop without signaling me. When I caught up with him, I asked him why we had stopped so abruptly. He had decided that the roads were fine and that we should hook up the RV so that we could ride together. That was so nice of him.
Anyway, we decided that we would make it to Lexington, KY and then camp for the night. At 4 p.m., we arrived at Lexington, but instead of pulling of the road as planned, Mel looked at me and said, "We are going to be home tonight. I am not stopping." I was not convinced that this was prudent but off we went.
We arrived at the Illinois border at 11 p.m. after 13 hours on the road and, of course, we ran into the Dirty Dan construction and then lane closing through downtown. Mel was ready to unravel so I suggested that we pull into Michelle's and Doug's for the night, so that we could get a good night's sleep and shower before we reached McHenry. We made it to Deerfield a little past midnight and within 15 minutes after we plugged in, Mel was sound asleep, snoring his head off. It took me a while to settle down and fall asleep but it was a good feeling to know that we made it home safe and sound.
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