Day 5
Friday 29th June North Carolina
Hike up to the falls - they are tall and fast moving through rock channels and the valley was deep.
There is a fire further down that 3 helicopters and 300 men cant contain it so they let it burn. We saw the pall coming in the night before. Back on the bus headed for Ashville city NC for stuff. Passed by a hill of rhododendrons and tunnels and there were a few flowers still to see.
Came down off the mountain at last led by George (or Stupid as Lisa now calls him) to a dead end looking for a Best Buy. Good signal so we found a nudist camp to aim for in Tennessee in case the world was booked up for Independence Day. Found a battery charger, made contact with family and headed out on the highway for the Smoky Mountains.
Decided not to push the truck through the mountains but to take the easier southern trail down to Chatanooga tomorrow. It seemed that Cherokee was all about the tourist dollar. Stayed the night in Holly Cove, another RV park at the foot of the Smokys with the obligatory single dad with the rude whiny kids and beautiful butterflies. 18.8 mpg - must be some mistake?