West of the Mississippi

Soaring Eagle Campground, Lenoir City, Tennessee - Sunday, September 8, 2019
Morning 61 Degrees, Wind E at 1 to 2 Mph, Humidity 90%, sunny.
Afternoon 89 Degrees, Wind  at  to  Mph, Humidity 41%, mostly sunny.

As we were getting ready to move Buster I got a call from tonights campground asking if we could take a 30 Amp electric site of we “had to have 50 Amp” or he was full, no 50 Amp available as the site I reserved was taken already by a vehicle that was broken.

I said we will take the 30 Amp site. Now pulling out of the site we were in to get back to traveling I dinged Buster trying to make a wide  left turn but the far side (right front) was a hill going up thus trying to push Buster into the hill the right front cap bulged out a bit.

Well now I have to remove Tan Jan from the tow bar while in a turn, everything is “loaded” pressure on the pins. The bolt for the end of the tow bar arm is longer for the rock screen and at the top a hole for another pin to keep the screen in place but bolt has a lock nut (on the bottom side) and is free try rotate but is now in the wrong position to remove. Got it rotated to free the pin with no more damage

Tanbark Campground, Dickson, Tennessee, it was after eleven o’clock before we were on the road heading west in heavy traffic most of the way into Nashville, Tennessee on interstate forty. West of Nashville the traffic was lighter. We crossed into Central Time Zone gaining an hours time a short while after starting west today. After we had dinner we drove Tan Jan into Dickson for some shopping.

The site I moved Buster out of

Tanbark Campground, Dickson, Tennessee - Monday, September 9, 2019
Morning 62 Degrees, Wind S at 1 to 2 Mph, Humidity 97%, partly cloudy.

We got Buster on the road about ten thirty for our drive on interstate forty. Getting off the interstate Buster got a drink of diesel fuel on our way to the campground. One hundred seventy six miles traveled today. West of the Mississippi River tonight.

Mississippi River

Tom Sawyer's RV Park - West Memphis, Arkansas
Afternoon 97 Degrees, Wind S at 1 to 2 Mph, Humidity 97%, partly sunny.
We drove Tan Jan into Memphis for a BBQ dinner. We were a few miles out of the campground when the phone rang, it was the campground asking me to move as I had put Buster in the wrong site one over. With that straightened out we got back to our food plan. Returning to Buster we were still able to watch the barges out the windshield being pushed on the river.
   

Mississippi River Tug Boat