Monday, Sept. 28, 2015 – Travel Day to Bear Creek Horse Camp in Big South Fork, KY

As always on a travel day, up with the alarm, packed up, cleaned up, and out of the campground before 9:00. Had no problems getting through the narrow bridge as we made our way south to 125, stopping once for a few gallons of gas in the van (we were trying to get to Kentucky because gas was at least 20 cents per gallon less!), and made it to the Walmart in Maysville, where they had diesel for $2.19 and gas for $2.26 and filled up there. First time we’ve seen diesel lower than regular in years! We stopped at another Walmart later and grabbed a wrap to eat while we shopped, stopping for liquor before heading out to camp. It was a bit off the beaten track to get here, and I took the website’s advice to pass up 741 to take 742, which is apparently recommended for big rigs, and it was mostly tarmac until the last couple of miles when we had good, though narrow, and sometimes steep, gravel road. After passing several houses that had junkyards around them, the road suddenly reached the top of a hill and opened up, revealing a very nice campground, all sites with water and electric. We stopped at the dump first, as our black water tank was due to be emptied, and Hubby went ahead to find the best site for a satellite signal. By the time I finished dumping, he had selected a couple of sites we thought would be the best, and finally settled on #16. The horse containment here is narrow pipe stalls with a concrete base, not my favorite, but they did put rubber stall mats down to make it a bit better. We got them watered, fed and put away before getting ourselves set up, a chore that didn’t take very long. Hubby had no trouble getting the satellite dish up, and I started my first load of much needed laundry. It was cloudy, hot and muggy when we got here, and it began to rain before too long, but we didn’t bother covering the horses as it was too hot for them. I even managed to check my email, for some reason I could just get a signal when it was raining. Probably not good enough for extensive work, but I noticed I had a good signal near the dump, so at least I won’t have to go miles to do my computer work! Settled down for the evening, as the rain continued to beat on the roof.