A Rough Day in Tennessee

We have a bunch of CDs I made years ago that we listen to on our road trips - Road Trip Songs, Summer Songs, etc.  I even made a whole CD of Tennessee songs (there are lots about Nashville and Memphis), and one of our favorites is "Tennessee Sucks in the Summer" by Ryan Adams.  It's funny because it's often true!  Last year, we tried camping in western TN (the lowlands) and sweated all night.  This year, poor Jamie woke up in the middle of the night at Panther Creek State Park (east of Knoxville) with a stomach virus.  Ever spent the day in a car with a stomach virus?  Not fun.

We tried to hang out at the campground for as long as we could today so that Jamie could rest, but the thunder started booming again around 11 am (big storms when we arrived last night).  So, Craig, Ken, and I rushed to get the camper packed up before we got drenched again.

We set Jamie up lying down across the back seat...and poor Craig was squished into a tiny spot in the third-row seat among all our luggage!

We had planned to drive to Memphis today, but we got as far as Jackson, TN, and decided to stop for the night.  After last summer's very hot and uncomfortable night camping in TN, we had planned on getting a hotel room anyway.  Thanks to the hotel's WiFi, we finally got Blogger set up to receive photos from Ken's and Jamie's phones (see the last two posts), so they should be able to post here now, too.

Jamie's doing better now- even ate a piece of toast tonight.  Let's hope the rest of us escape this one, and we can resume our vacation tomorrow.

P.S. We've actually had lots of good times in TN in the summer, too, but that song is just so much fun!