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09/25/2017 |
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| 7:17 am | 194243 | Left house in Springfield, MO | |
| 7:27 am | Stopped at Battlefield & 65 to air up the tires | ||
| 7:35 am | Got on HWY 65S, then 60E | ||
| 8:23 am | 194288 | Stopped in Mansfield for fuel (15.4 mpg) | |
| 8:33am | Back on HWY 60E | ||
| 11:13 am | 194425 | Stopped in Poplar Bluff to eat and stretch our legs | |
| 11:32 am | Back on HWY 60E toward Sikeston | ||
| 12:30 pm | 194474 | Stopped in Sikeston for fuel (20.6 mpg) | |
| 12:39 pm | Back on HWY 60E then on I55 for a bit then 62E | ||
| 1:22 pm | 194504 | Crossed into KY near Chiaro | |
| 2:14 pm | Straight on 97 S in Mayfield | ||
| 2:40 pm | 194561 | Crossed into TN | |
| 3:00 pm | Turn right on TN 218 N | ||
| 3:12 pm | Turn right on US 641 S | ||
| 3:54 pm | Fuel stop at I40 and 641 S (17.3 mpg) | ||
| 4::32 pm | Left after working a bit. Noticed lug nut and stud missing on front passenger side. | ||
| 4:45 pm | Left on Camden Rd for 1.5 miles then left on 412 E in Parsons TN | ||
| 4:40 pm | 194632 | Stopped at NAPA to check to see if they have lug nuts and studs. Purchased 2 front and 2 back. | |
| 4::54 pm | Left NAPA and back onto 412 E | ||
| 5:42 pm | Right. On Walnut St in Holenwald. In a ½ mile left turn onto 4th Ave, then straight on HWY 20 E | ||
| 5::54 pm | 194675 | Left into Meriweather-Lewis Park | |
| 6:00 pm | 194676 | Arrived at camp spot #27 | |
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09/26/2017 |
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| Got up early and worked. Packed up and went to visitor center | |||
| 10:24 am | Left visitor center and went East on HWY 20 toward Summertown. Turned around to get onto Natchez Trac North at mile marker 386 | ||
| 10:39 am | 194685 | Got onto 412 East toward Columbia, TN | |
| 11:10 am | In Columbia, made right on Columbia Bypass, then in 2 miles left onto Brookmeade. | ||
| 11:16 am | 194710 | Stopped at Wal-Mart Supercenter to get hammer and fix lug bolt.
As Robert was taking the lug nut off the first stud, it broke off. We looked for a nearby parts store online. We walked to O’Reiley and got enough to do entire front and some more to do back if needed. Did a conference call while Robert was doing repair and all the lug shafts broke off as he was removing the tire. All were replaced. |
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| 2:55 pm | Left Walmart parking lot. Took a left on S James Campbell Blvd | ||
| 2:57 pm | Stopped in an Auto Zone to see about air bags. Robert is concerned about the saggy passenger rear. | ||
| 3:01 pm | No luck in finding air bag. Left Auto Zone and back on James Campbell Blvd | ||
| 3:25 pm | After checking a few more stores for air bags, got back on road US 31 N. Right on 412 E. / 99 E | ||
| 3:28 pm | Stopped at Advanced Auto Parts | ||
| 3:34 pm | Left auto parts store | ||
| 3:49 pm | Right on 431 S then 1/2 mile left on 99 E | ||
| 3:59 pm | 194740 | Right on US 31 ALT. Arrived at Henry Horton State Park | |
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09/27/2017 |
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| 9:30 am | Left Henry Horton State Park and got onto 270 E | ||
| 9:47 am | Took a left on 41A then right on Hickory. Left on Old Nashville Dirt Road. Right on Pinkston Rd. Left on Midland. Right on Eady Rd. Straight onto HWY 82 E | ||
| 10:22 am | 194770 | Straight on Walker Road. Right on Oscar Crowell Road. Left on HWY 41. Right on 280 E | |
| 10:44 am | Straight onto Pocahontas Rd. At intersection 287, straight on Shellbyville Rd. | ||
| 11:10 am | Left onto 55 N Hwy 70 Bypass, then onto E 70 S toward Sparta | ||
| 11:14 am | 194802 | Fuel stop (15.7 mpg) Snack time | |
| 11:37 am | Got back onto East 70 S in Mindville | ||
| 12:07 pm | 194827 | Right on Winding Lane. Left on Young St. Right on East Maple St. Left onto Butler St. Right on East Bockman Way (70 East) TN Scenic Byway | |
| 12:20 pm | 194834 | Scenic overlook stop to give us and the Jeep a break. Jeep running a little hot and rough. | |
| 12:32 pm | Back onto 70 East | ||
| 1:35 pm/2:35 pm | 194875 | Crossed into Eastern Time Zone | |
| 3:00 pm | 194891 | Quick stretch legs stop in Kingston | |
| 3:22 pm | Left and back on 70 East | ||
| 3:45 pm | Turn right onto 321/73 | ||
| 3:56 pm | 194911 | Stopped to cool Jeep off. The Jeep did not like the stop and go traffic in Lenior City | |
| 4::10 pm | Back on HWY 321A/73 | ||
| 4:44 pm | Auto Zone stop in Maryville | ||
| 5:00 pm | Left Auto Zone after met Ralph who was super nice and read the codes on the Jeep and reset them. Got a fuel injector. Got back onto 411 N | ||
| 6:00 pm | 194968 | Arrived at our friend’s house in New Market, TN | |
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09/28/2017 |
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| 10:05 am | Left our friend’s house | ||
| 10:13 am | Left on South 25 W /70 E | ||
| 11:19 am | 195016 | Crossed into NC | |
| 11:43 am | 195030 | Stop to cool off the Jeep at Hartford Tweed Road & 70 E | |
| 11:53 am | Back on 70 E | ||
| 12:05 pm | 195037 | Fuel & grocery stop in Marshall, NC (19.5 mpg) | |
| 12:57 pm | Left grocery store and had lunch on the go | ||
| 1:07 pm | 195045 | Right onto Lower Flat Creek Road | |
| 1:11 pm | Left on 251 South | ||
| 1:28 pm | 195056 | Right onto Riverside Dr | |
| 1:33 pm | 195058 | Right on Lyman Street | |
| 1:40 pm | 195061 | Left on Short McDowell, then right on HWY 25 | |
| 1:50 pm | 195065 | Stopped at a bank parking lot in Asheville to cool off Jeep |  |
| 2:02 pm | Back on road | ||
| 2:07 pm | 195066 | Arrived at Harbor Freight Tools to get Fuel Injection Pump Tester & Zip Ties | |
| 2:16 pm | Left Harbor Freight and back onto Hendersonville Road | ||
| 2:26 pm | 195071 | Stopped to cool off Jeep at a Shell station | |
| 2:33 pm | Left and back toward Biltmore | ||
| 2:39 pm | 195072 | Arrived at Biltmore for Overland Expo | |
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09/29/2017 |
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Overland Expo Activities
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09/30/2017 |
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Enjoyed touring Biltmore Estate for the entire day |
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10/01/2017 |
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Overland Expo Activities
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10/02/2017 |
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| 8:34 am | Pulled out of campsite | ||
| 9:00 am | Drove up to Biltmore Estate to take some photos. Had a great conversation with Graham. Richard took some photos of us. |  |
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| 9:02 am | Said goodbye to Biltmore house and wound our way to the highway. Had to circle around to go back where we started because all one-way roads. | ||
| 9:32 am | Finally got to the exit | ||
| 9:50 am | Arrived at WalMart | ||
| 10:45 am | 195092 | Left WalMart after grocery shopping | |
| 10:52 am | Stopped at Auto Zone to buy clips for awning. Installed awning in parking lot | ||
| 11:17 am | Back onto Hwy 70 toward KOA | ||
| 11:29 am | 195101 | Arrived at Asheville East KOA. Time to clean up, do laundry, shower, and work using their wifi. |    |
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10/03/2017 |
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| 9:03 am | Left campsite at KOA | ||
| 9:10 am | 195104 | Gas stop. 11.9 mpg. Had several hours idling at Overland Expo. | |
| 9:22 am | Left gas station after aired up tires and checked lug nuts. Got onto Hwy 70 West. | ||
| 9:29 am | 195108 | Got onto Blue Ridge Parkway. Did a bit of backtracking to get to the Visitor Center. |  |
| 9:35 am | Visitor Center stop | ||
| 10:05 am | Left Visitor Center and got onto Blue Ridge Parkway North | ||
| 10:20 am | 195118 | Stopped at scenic overlook | |
| 10:27 am | Left overlook | ||
| 10:57 am | Stopped at Craggy Gardens Visitor Center | ||
| 11:27 am | Met people that came all the way from London just to see the Parkway. Left the visitor center | ||
| 11:46 am | Turned left onto 128 at Mt Mitchell State Park | ||
| 11:52 am | Stopped at park office and picked up NC State Park Passport | ||
| 12:08 pm | Left park office | ||
| 12:16 pm | 195144 | Stopped at the visitor center and walked up to Mt Mitchell’s summit. Also checked out camping sites. 9 tent sites available but none are good for roof-top tent | |
| 1:05 pm | Left summit and got back onto 128, then back onto Blue Ridge Parkway North | ||
| 1:28 pm | 195154 | Stopped at Green Knob Overlook | |
| 1:36 pm | Back on the Blue Ridge Parkway | ||
| 1:58 pm | 195165 | Stopped at Crabtree Falls to check out camping, then went on our way | |
| 2:08 pm | Left Crabtree Falls | ||
| 2:24 pm | 195184 | Stopped at Chestoa View Parking Area to give the Jeep a rest. No vapor lock but just climbed a long slow hill | |
| 2:51 pm | Back on the Parkway | ||
| 3:00 pm | 195189 | Arrived at Linville Falls Campground |  |
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10/04/2017 |
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| 8:30 am | Left campsite to go to Linville Falls Visitor Center | ||
| 8:37 am | Did a little hiking to see the falls | ||
| 9:40 am | Left visitor center | ||
| 10:05 am | 195205 | Arrived at Linn Cove Viaduct Visitor Center | |
| 12:11 pm | Left visitor center after hiking trail | ||
| 12:38 pm | 195218 | Got off Blue Ridge Parkway. Took left onto 221/321 toward Boone, NC | |
| 12:49 pm | Stopped at Arby’s in Boone. Ate and worked. Planned out our route | ||
| 2:24 pm | Left Arby’s and back on 221 N. Was certainly a test for the Jeep. We were slow going because got stuck in construction for at least 15 minutes |  |
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| 3:24 pm | 195246 | Fuel stop in West Jefferson, NC. 14.9 mpg. More delays with construction | |
| 3:35 pm | Left gas station and got onto 88 N | ||
| 3:47 pm | 195253 | Right onto NC 194 N | |
| 4:02 pm | 195262 | Left onto Helton Creek Road | |
| 4:08 pm | 195265 | Right onto US 58 | |
| 4:37 pm | 195268 | Arrived at Grayson Highlands State Park. Took left at VA 362 N into the park. First time Jeep was vapor locking since repairs done at Overland Expo. Let Jeep rest for a bit and then drove around park before deciding on campsite | |
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10/05/2017 |
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| 8:33 am | 195280 | Left campsite 4 | |
| 8:40 am | Arrived at Massey Gap to hike to the summit of Mt Rogers. 9+ mile hike, some on the Appalachian Trail | ||
| 4:13 pm | Done hiking and back to campground | ||
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10/06/2017 |
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| 7:57 am | 195286 | Left campsite 45 | |
| 8:10 am | Right onto 58 West
Crooked Road Virginia Heritage Music Trail |
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| 9:07 am | 195318 | Stopped at Food City in Damascus, VA | |
| 11:19 am | Left Food City after shopping and working a bit. Back onto Hwy 58 West | ||
| 11:30 am | Left onto Watauga Road Hwy 677 | ||
| 11:38 am | Left onto VA 75 South | ||
| 11:49 am | 195337 | Crossed Tennessee State Line | |
| 11:52 am | 195340 | Right onto US 421 North | |
| 12:00 pm | 195346 | Left onto TN 394 West | |
| 12:15 pm | 195357 | Quick stop for soda at Food City | |
| 12:21 pm | Took a left and back onto 394 West | ||
| 12:29 pm | Took left onto 11W South | ||
| 12:34 pm | 195365 | Right on Ollis Bowers Hill Road then Left on Bloomingdale Road | |
| 12:43 pm | 195371 | Right onto Wadlow Gap Road | |
| 12:50 pm | 195372 | Crossed Virginia State Line. Was stopped for construction work | |
| 12:55 pm | 195375 | Stopped to let Jeep cool off. No vapor lock, just stop and go with construction. Took a right onto Hwy 58 West | |
| 1:15 pm | Back onto Hwy 58 West | ||
| 1:37 pm | 195393 | Took left to stay on Hwy 58W | |
| 1:44 pm | 195398 | Overlook stop. Just had a long uphill and Jeep was getting warm | |
| 1:58 pm | Back on Hwy 58 | ||
| 2:20 pm | 195414 | Fuel stop in Jonesville. 17 mpg | |
| 2:33 pm | Back on Hwy 58 W | ||
| 3:10 pm | 195446 | Arrived at Cumberland Gap National Historical Site campground | |
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10/07/2017 |
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| Stayed at campsite all day to catch up on work. Met Kenny, a true adventure traveler. Great internet with both Verizon and Sprint | |||
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10/08/2017 |
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| 8:44 am | Packed tent in the rain. Helped a neighbor jump start their truck. Then said goodbye to Kenny. Left campsite. Took right onto 58W for 2 miles | ||
| 8:53 am | Got onto 25E North | ||
| 8:56 am | 195450 | Crossed Kentucky State Line | |
| 8:57 am | Stopped at Cumberland Gap Visitor Center | ||
| 9:38 am | Left visitor center and went toward Pinnacle View | ||
| 10:08 am | 195455 | Left Pinnacle View. Cloudy day. Not a very good view, but still a pretty drive. Was in VA & KY at same time. | |
| 10:26 am | 195459 | Left National Park and go onto 25E North | |
| 10:29 am | Stopped in Middlesboro, KY, Home of Lee Majors to eat at Waffle King | ||
| 11:27 am | Left Waffle King. Yummy! Back on 25E North | ||
| 11:50 am | 195475 | Took left onto Hwy 92 West | |
| 12:43 pm | 195508 | Left onto 25W South, then right onto KY 92 West | |
| 1:16 pm | 195528 | Right onto 27 North | |
| 1:17 pm | Quick stop for coffee and bathroom break at Shell station. | ||
| 1:42 pm | Left and back onto 27 North after taking a phone call and giving Jeep a break. | ||
| 1:47 pm | 195532 | Left onto 92 West | |
| 2:35 pm | 195561 | Left on N Main Street in Monticello, KY (Bus. 90) | |
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1:50 pm |
195572 | Crossed into Central Time Zone | |
| 2:19 pm | 195595 | Fuel stop in Burksville, KY 18mpg | |
| 2:33 pm | Left gas station and back on Hwy 90 | ||
| 3:27 pm | Got onto 68 W, then circled back to Hwy 90 to get something to eat | ||
| 3:30 pm | 195634 | Stopped at Wendy’s to eat in Glasgow | |
| 4:17 pm | Left Wendy’s and made our way back to Hwy 68 | ||
| 5:18 pm | 195673 | Quick stop | |
| 5:31 pm | Back on 68 West | ||
| 6:50 pm | 195732 | Stopped in Hopkinsville to adjust the headlights | |
| 7:02 pm | Back on Hwy 68 W | ||
| 7:52 pm | 195773 | Took a left onto Hwy 402.Made a quick stop at Dollar General parking lot to clean windshield | |
| 7:55 pm | Back on KY 402 | ||
| 8:35 pm | 195800 | Took a right onto Hwy 121 North | |
| 8:38 pm | 195801 | Fuel stop outside of Mayfield, KY; 19mpg | |
| 8:49 pm | Left and was back on 121 N | ||
| 9:32 pm | 195832 | Went through Wickliffe and got onto 51 North | |
| 9:38 pm | 195836 | Crossed Illinois State Line and took a left onto 62 West | |
| 9:41 pm | 195837 | Crossed Missouri State Line | |
| 10:19 pm | 195862 | Took a left onto AA, then left onto Hwy 60 West | |
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10/09/2017 |
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| 12:05 am | 195952 | Hit a deer on Hwy 60 | |
| 12:27 am | Went on our way after removing deer from road and assessing damage. Front passenger running light broken and a little dent on the hood | ||
| 1:15 am | 195995 | Fuel stop in Mountain View, MO 17.2mpg | |
| 1:29 am | Back onto Hwy 60 W | ||
| 3:25 am | Arrived at Springfield MO | ||
| 3:31 am | 196095 | Arrived at Springfield house | |
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