Yay! Water restored! 9/22/2015

We packed up yesterday morning in the pouring rain, and opted to try a fix of the water pipe leak in drier climes further south. The rain came down, hard at times, for about half our trip to Townsend, TN. The drive along I-81 is really beautiful as it runs through the Shenandoah valley. The expansive view you get through the gigantic RV windshield is pretty awesome. One thing we realized is that when you drive over bridges in a car, in many circumstances, all you can see is a concrete wall on either side of the bridge. With the RV, because you are up so high, you get a great view of whatever you're traversing.

Speaking of things you can see on the road, we saw this the other day:

The hand-written sign on the truck reads: "Flash a Trucker Day". 

When we arrived at our campground in Townsend, TN, we set up and Ray undertook the repair of the leaky water line. We had bought some tape that supposedly fixes leaky pipes (EZ Fuse silicone tape). He applied the tape, and voila! water! So far, the fix has held. Lest you think that Ray was operating in anything other than uncomfortable circumstances, let this photo disabuse you of that notion. This is almost representative of the position Ray was in when he was applying the pipe tape. He was actually further into the small compartment. This is a shot of Ray checking the fix this morning.

Our campsite is right on the Little River, just outside the entrance to Smoky Mountain National Park. We're looking forward to our first day in the park, and will be here for 4 nights.