Day 1: Hot time in Virginia and Tennessee

We are off again, this time heading west for a visit to Arizona, Utah, and Colorado.  We got started a little after 9:00 and followed I-64 west to I-81, then traveled south on I-81 all the way out of Virginia (220 miles).  Shortly after crossing into Tennessee, we pulled off for a night at Warrior's Path State Park, just north of Johnson City.

Signage to the park was minimal, so it was good that we had the GPS.  Our site here is very small but adequate for the one night we'll be here.  Unfortunately, the temperature, which had been comfortably in the low 80's as we left, rose and rose, so that this afternoon it is in the mid-90's.  We stayed out long enough to give Ranger a walk and check out the campground, then retreated inside to the air-conditioning.  Not exactly roughing-it, but greatly welcome in this heat.

The park is fairly old and not particularly well-kept, not a place we would stop at again.  It does have a swimming pool and a golf course, so I guess it must attract locals.

Tomorrow, we  head across Tennessee and change time zones.