Yep, we made it to Cherokee, North Carolina. Well, technically the address for Flaming Arrow Campground says Whittier, North Carolina, but it’s actually closer to Cherokee. Go figure. Even with an overnight stop at Little Ocmulgee State Park in Helena, Georgia, it was a long drive to get here. Lewis isn’t used to mountain driving while hauling something, and coming north on US-441 was a bit of a chore for him. He did manage to keep our speed up around 40 mph, but it still took its toll on both of us since neither one of us slept well the night before. The misty rainy weather we had for almost the entire drive didn’t help, but at least we made it here. The temperatures are much cooler than we’ve had to deal with for several months (we actually used our furnace last night!) but the view from our campsite is to die for. The trees are just starting to change color – something we’ve really missed as Floridians for the last 11 years.

Joni, the owner-manager of the campground was very helpful, giving us a bunch of tourist-type information and brochures after we got settled into our site. Hopefully we’ll find the time to do some of the many things to do around the area. I wish we could stay longer than a week, but Joni told us that the campground is booked solid next week. Maybe we’ll get lucky and someone will cancel, but if that doesn’t happen, we’ll just try to find another campground somewhere nearby with an opening for a couple of weeks.