Parked in Roanoke

Left Statesville, NC this morning around 9 or 10. Climbed into the

hills on I-77 reaching 2,788 ft. as we passed Fancy Gap, Virginia. I-77

into Virginia is a beautiful drive as it climbs into the wooded hills.

The trees are just starting to show signs of color and will probably

reach their peak in another week or so. The fog had not burned off

completely but visibility was still pretty good. Turning east onto I-81

and joining the convoys of 18 wheelers that use this route the sun began

to burn the fog away. We enjoyed seeing the color patterns in the trees

and noticed that some of them were changing to fall colors from the top

down.



We arrived in Salem, Va around noon and drove to the campground location

using our GPS. We were worried about there actually being a campground

at that location because we saw none of the usual camping roadside

signs. We arrived at the location and found a modular home village

called Salem Village. No one was in the office so after waiting around

for thirty minutes or so for someone to show up we decided to go ahead

and drive through. We found some motorhomes parked in the back of the

area. I knocked on the door of one and a very friendly gentleman

recommended that I just pick a site and setup. He said that they were

pretty casual here and we could park and locate the management later.

He did indicate that the creek behind the campground floods if there is

a lot of rain but we have our weather radio and always keep an eye to

the sky. The gentleman that we met said if heavy rains are forecast we

will just crank up our engines and head for higher ground. The forecast

is good though. The campground area is clean and quiet and those are two

things we like a lot.