It was getting late when we got parked at the stone Mountain RV Park. What a beautiful setting for a campground. Along a lake and in the hills with beautiful tall trees everywhere. Surprisingly enough, we had good phone as well as Internet service. We were way down over a hill and generally nothing works under those conditions, but all went quite well.
Stone Mountain Georgia is a vacation spot for the whole family. There is a train to ride, a large lake to boat and fish on, a very nice golf course and many other things for the family to do. There was a large fireworks display on Sunday night as well as Friday and Saturday nights. We did not see it but we cold hear it and it went on for a long time and sounded like something we would have liked to have seen.
This morning, we slept in a bit and finally got away about 11am. We took some photos of the campground and then toured the grounds for a while. The park is very well kept and neat without any litter to be seen anywhere. There are walking trails as well as bike paths and biking lanes on the road.
When we left the park we picked up US78 west to I285 around Atlanta and picked up I75 toward Chattanooga, TN. The traffic on I285 as well as I75 was quite heavy with lots of crazy drivers darting in and out of traffic. Lots of heavy trucks going both ways. We left I75 shortly after we got on and picked up US41 which is a nice wide 2 lane road with truck lanes on the grades, no big trucks to speak of and very few cars. A real pleasure to drive and a chance to see a lot of the country. We stayed on
US 41 until we stopped for lunch and a nap in Dalton, GA. On north on US41 until we got almost to Chattanooga and back on I75, around town and picked up I24 west toward Nashville. Shortly after we got on I24 we stopped at a Pilot station, which was back in Georgia for fuel as it was only $2.34/gal. Back on I24 and back into Tennessee and on our way toward Nashville. Going over Mounteagle reminded me of our trip to the Daytona 500 when we came back in February. going up Mounteagle it had been misting rain and just a nasty night to drive and just as we were getting to the top of the mountain, the road went silent beneath the tires of the van. We were pulling a 27' travel trailer and I knew we were on black ice. When just then there appeared an exit with a service station and a McDonalds. I slowly made my way off the exit and into the McDonald lot and parked the rig. We could see several vehicles in the ditches and sliding around on the road. I do not think there were any crashes, but a lot of vehicles in the ditches on both sides of the road. Later a Highway Patrolman came in the station to get gas and we checked with him and he said the road had cleared up and to just take our time and we would make it down the other side alright. It was much more visually interesting in the summer time and in the day light.
We are stopped for the evening and will continue on to Nashville tomorrow and spend a day or two there before heading for Indiana.