It has been an eventful two days of travel after a mid-morning departure, a brief border incident involving documentation approval for the resident Aussie Brett, and out sights set on Pittsburgh as our first rest stop. We encountered rains off and one which slowed our journey down somewhat but an hour or so into New York state the van I was traveling in broke down. The
belt slipped resulting in the loss of power steering, alternator, etc. Thankfully, an hour after breaking down CAA came through with a tow truck ride to a local Pep Boys mechanic shop and the time to make the necessary repairs. By 8 pm we were back on the road with our sights set on Pittsburgh but the weather soon turned cold and resulted in snow! We managed to find a good hotel and booked two rooms for 11 weary travelers.
What's A Fan Belt Do Anyways?
Mr. Tow To The Rescue
We awoke to
three inches of snow but thankfully the snow did not stick to the roads much. Interestingly, we encountered snow in some form either airborne or on the ground through all of the remaining states down south: PA, VA, TN and we saw some snow in the NC mountains. We arrived in Asheville around 8 pm but we faced a number of challenges finding an open campground in the area - by 10 pm we managed to set up camp at
North Mills River Campground. A cold night but we finally had arrived!
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