“Maritimes 2012”–Wednesday, May 16

Woke to find three high-end Prevost motorhomes parked next to us at the Jackson, TN, Sam’s Club. Possibly they were in transport, since their bumpers had stickers mentioning a leasing company. Anyway, we enjoyed the humor of being parked for the night next to expensive Prevosts in a Sam’s parking lot!
We haven’t taken any photos yet since we’re not sight-seeing exactly. We’re traveling mainly on interstates until we get further north. Bear with us—photos will be included later!
Things for which I’m grateful:

1) Sirius satellite radio;
2) our Garmin nuvi LM50 GPS;
3) our faithful now-7-years-old Newmar Dutch Star motorhome;
4) my husband, Richard—his generous spirit, his many “fix-it” skills, his love for our dog and willingness to walk her multiple times each day (for the moment, I’m not physically able to) even when he may not want to;
5) my temporary “Handicapped” placard, which means I don’t have to walk as far or as long. Yes, my goal is that it is a temporary placard!!

At a rest area during today’s drive, I noticed a sign: “No unloading of livestock.” What??? OK, the grass was very green and lush there but I still found it amusing. Only one like it I’ve ever seen.
I’d spotted the fine hamlet of “Only” on our Tennessee map—it was very close to our route so I just added it as a brief stop. I mean, why not? Life is short. Well, sadly, we couldn’t visit Only. the road in was too narrow for our motorhome. If only we’d been traveling with just our truck, we’d have satisfied our curiosity!
Next place name which caught my attention was the community of “Bucksnort”. A tavern in Richard’s hometown of Colfax, WI, has this same name! Always makes us laugh! Didn’t stop today; just enjoyed the name as we passed by.
Our lunch stop was at a rest area just inside the KY state line on I-65. Very pleasant! Ironically, a truck parked right next to us was from Nuevo Leon, MX, a state in Mexico located right below the border from where we live. It was carrying steel gearbox blanks.
As we neared Bowling Green, KY, we spied a sign for a Camping World store. (CW’s corporate headquarters are located in Bowling Green.) We needed to purchase a replacement heavy duty sewer hose for our motorhome so peeled off the interstate and wound our way back towards the store. Lo and behold, it was located side-by-side with a Gander Mountain Outdoor Sports store—I felt like I’d hit the big time!! Two “toy” stores in one!! Bought a few things at Gander Mtn. and our sewer house at CW, then off we went. What a serendipitous stop!
Stayed the night at a WalMart in Bardstown, KY. We were greeted by a VERY happy-sounding mockingbird in the tree by our parking place. He stayed happy during the evening, too. Made me homesick for the mocking-birds in Retama!