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Day 8, Sunday, October 25 - Burson Campground, Hungry Mother State Park, Marion, VA, Day 5 , 0 Miles for the Day, 721.4 Miles for the Trip
39°F this morning and 40°F for my morning walk. While a few left this morning, many are staying until tomorrow or later.
While I started Dan Padavona's Gone, I just received notice that a book I've had on hold for a long time at Libby came in. So, for awhile, Gone is gone & I'll be starting Lee & Andrew Child's Chain Reaction, a Reacher book. As far as I'm concerned, it is still too cold to sit outside & read at 54°F at 2:00, so I'm sitting in the trailer. The Guidos drove The Back of the Dragon, a 32 mile stretch of VA 16 (the road Burson Campground is on) that climbs a couple thousand feet and has over 400 curves. The motorcyclists love it but not me. I'm OK if I'm driving, but as a passenger on that kind of road I turn green. I'm not sure the truck is the best vehicle for the trip.
I checked and everything I find on the internet tells me my site at Lake Norman State Park (Monday's stop) is a full hookup site. My notes say bring water, it is electric only. I hope my notes are wrong.
I spent the rest of the afternoon reading & saying good bye to folks as they left.
Dinner was Bubba burgers & tortellini salad.
Until Tomorrow -
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