{"id":10133,"date":"2021-05-13T07:04:09","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T11:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/?p=10133"},"modified":"2022-01-17T07:14:14","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T12:14:14","slug":"tn7-wrapup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/13\/tn7-wrapup\/","title":{"rendered":"TN7 wrapup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I have already given the summary &#8211; that the TN7 was the most pleasant, trouble-free RV trip I have undertaken since the trip west in 2017.  There were some highlights and lowlights and I will get to those.  But first&#8230; the numbers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>14 hops<\/li><li>30 nights<\/li><li>2,150 tow miles (154 miles per hop)<\/li><li>3,290 truck miles<\/li><li>$1,435 in campground fees ($47.83 per night)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Because there were no significant problems you might expect that the actual route would be pretty close to the planned route and you would be mostly right. But I changed my mind about stopping near Philadelphia and was forced to add a second stop in MD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Segment-1-actual.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10136\" width=\"304\" height=\"222\"\/><figcaption>TN7 segment 1 actual<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Segment-1-plan-1024x724.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10135\" width=\"316\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Segment-1-plan-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Segment-1-plan-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Segment-1-plan-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Segment-1-plan.jpg 1081w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 316px) 100vw, 316px\" \/><figcaption>TN7 segment 1 plan<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Segment-2-actual-1024x688.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10141\" width=\"328\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Segment-2-actual-1024x688.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Segment-2-actual-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Segment-2-actual-1536x1032.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Segment-2-actual.jpg 1539w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px\" \/><figcaption>TN7 segment 2 actual<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Segment-2-plan-1024x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10139\" width=\"281\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Segment-2-plan-1024x800.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Segment-2-plan-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Segment-2-plan-768x600.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Segment-2-plan.jpg 1331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><figcaption>TN7 segment 2 plan<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Highlights:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Almost no RV or truck problems.  The lone problem &#8211; the check engine light in MD diagnosed as a &#8220;glow plug controller fault&#8221; was dismissed as a minor cold-weather-only problem that could be ignored.  The truck performed flawlessly. Even on the mountain hops it barely broke a sweat.<\/li><li>Seeing my stepsons and their families in VA.  The timing of the visit wasn&#8217;t great as they were in the middle of moving out of the house they had occupied for 17 years, but they made time for me.  As always, a pleasure.  And I got to hand-deliver one last box of Jett&#8217;s memorabilia to them.<\/li><li>Cartersville GA.  I picked this location for its proximity to Atlanta but treasure it now for its proximity to the Booth Western Art Museum and the site of the Civil War&#8217;s Battle of Allatoona Pass. Both of these were more memorable than Atlanta.<\/li><li>Second visits to Civil War battlefields in Manassas and Chickamauga.<\/li><li>A really fine Italian spaghetti-and-meatballs dinner in Maryville TN.<\/li><li>A poignant return visit to Pigeon Forge TN.<\/li><li>A lovely lunch with an old friend who I hadn&#8217;t seen in 35 years in NC.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Lowlights:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A cracked windshield in VA.<\/li><li>Dodging a possible tornado in MD.<\/li><li>An embarrassing back-in debacle in TN.<\/li><li>A sunburn from that NC lunch.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Obviously the highlights outweighed the lowlights on TN7.  This is important as this trip was a test of both the truck and my desire to travel solo.  I think it was a success on both counts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the trip south in the fall is similarly successful I will seriously consider a full summer of travel &#8211; possibly to do the &#8220;30 MLB stadiums in one season tour&#8221; in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have already given the summary &#8211; that the TN7 was the most pleasant, trouble-free RV trip I have undertaken since the trip west in 2017. There were some highlights and lowlights and I will get to those. But first&#8230; the numbers: 14 hops 30 nights 2,150 tow miles (154 miles per hop) 3,290 truck &hellip; <a class=\"read-excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/13\/tn7-wrapup\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[29,98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary","category-tn7"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1VniU-2Dr","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10133"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10836,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10133\/revisions\/10836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}