Hominy Valley RV Park

After weeks along the coasts of various states, we headed inland. We cut all the way across South Carolina and up into western North Carolina, just outside Asheville. We need to have the RV back to the dealer in early June for some service work, and we wanted to get headed in that general direction.

Hominy Valley was a nice change of pace from the parks we've been at. There couldn't have been more than 10 sites, and one of them was populated by a tiny house that had been there for quite some time judging from the flat tires on the trailer upon which it was built. It was also the first park in about a month that wasn't next to one or more major highways. It was nice to hear the sounds of nature. Granted, some of those sounds were from the neighbor's 3 donkeys, but hey, I'll take it over the semis.

Our site was one of four that backed up to a beautiful creek bordering the property. And the property? It was Fred's. And the office? Fred's house. I guess Fred decided he had some extra land and wanted to make a few bucks off of it. Run some electrical and water lines, bury a few septic tanks, and boom! RV park in your backyard.

Crossing the creek

My internet diversification paid off this week. T-Mobile coverage wasn't great at this site (it rarely is in the mountains), but both Cricket (AT&T) and Visible (Verizon) were solid. Visible throttles me most of the time, but it's also unlimited. I try to use it if I don't have any data intensive needs (like video calls). I switch to Cricket when I really need the bandwidth. It's not throttled, but I have limited data.

This was our first time back in North Carolina since we closed on the house. Julie and I took the opportunity to get our first COVID-19 vaccination shots. I suspect we could have gotten them in any of the other states we visited, but each state's vaccine information site said they were only available to state residents. I'm nothing if not a rule follower, so we waited until we were back in our "home" state. We each had a sore arm for a day, and Julie had a mild headache, but that's about it. We've been told #2 is when it really hits you.

Finding creatures in the creek

We made a conscious decision to take it easy this week. The kids were getting a little burned out from too many activities (hard life, I know). We spent our time riding bikes around the property (there was a very steep driveway that the kids were loving) and throwing the football around. We decided we'd only leave for critical errands, such as vaccination shots to help end a global pandemic.

Oh, and to get gas... which turned out to be harder than it should have been thanks to the Colonial pipeline hack.

All those people in line at the pumps? I have a strong suspicion most of them didn't need gas. Just a hunch. We, on the other hand, were going to be homeless in a few days if we didn't get enough gas to get to our next site. Fortunately the RV had plenty, but the van was running low. It didn't have enough in the tank to make it. We legitimately needed gas. But Julie somehow managed to find some. Crisis averted. Another first world problem? You bet.

Electric cars can't take over fast enough as far as I'm concerned