Tanglewood Park Campground, Clemmons, NC

Date of Stay:  Tuesday May 6, 2014 (1 night)

Rate:  $31/night

Website:  Tanglewood Park CG
   4061 Clemmons Road
   Clemmons, NC 27012
   336-703-6494

Description:  Reviewed earlier here.  This is a great stop along I-40 at exit 182 with FHU (50A) and cable.  We were on site 1 which is paved and level.  Be sure to call ahead to reserve a level site since about half of them are not usable for any rv.  This is a full service Forsyth County Park with much to offer.  I really like the two mile paved multi-use trail that winds around in the forest.  (Look for CG signs when you exit from I-40.  Using the address in your GPS will take you to the park office instead.)

Activities:  This was just a stop over for us but next time, we plan to stay a couple of nights.  I enjoyed a bike ride on the trail in the evening and a jog in the morning before hitting the road.  I only saw one deer this time.  The horses were being moved from the stables to the pasture for the evening as I peddled by.

Trash and Recycle:  Dumpster in the back corner of the cg but several trash cans amongst the campsites.  A recycle can is at the bathhouse for cans and plastic bottles.

 

Site 1

 

Horses at the stable

River Plantation RV Park, Sevierville, TN

Date of Stay: Tuesday April 22 – Tuesday May 6, 2014 (14 nights)

Rate:  $34/night (rally discount)

Website:  River Plantation RV Park
   1004 Parkway
   Sevierville, TN 37862
   865-429-5267

Description:  Reviewed earlier here.  We stayed on site 429 which is a back-in on the Little Pigeon River.  Sites are FHU 50A with cable.  They recently paved the outer loop of roadway which helps a lot with dust.  This is a very commercial area but we were here to enjoy a week with our friends Tricia, Dan, Nancy and Bill and then a week with the RV-Dreams Rally.  We attended a Dreamers Rally here three years ago and this park is a great place for a big get together.

Activities:  We arrived a week before the Rally so that we could enjoy some time in the Great Smoky Mountains with T&D and B&N.  I enjoyed hiking with them on the Abram’s Falls Trail near Cade’s Cove.  We also did about 9 miles of the Appalachian Trail between Clingman’s Dome and Newfound Gap.  Meeting several through-hikers on the trail was inspirational.  Tricia, Gin and I rode through Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail one day and on another day, B&N took the four of us to Gatlinburg to sample some moonshine at the Ole Smoky Distillery.  We all enjoyed campfires at B&N’s signature site and later at Howard and Linda’s.  Since we had already been to a couple other RV-Dreams Rallies, we didn’t go to very many of the seminars.  We did however, enjoy the evening meals and entertainment.  The closing night was Kentucky Derby themed since H&L are great fans of the race so everyone wore Derby hats.  If we are in the area for fun and not for a rally, we probably would not stay here again.  We found a nice park that is quieter and geared more for adults at Up the Creek RV Camp.  It is closer to the Smokies too. 

Trash and Recycle:  A few dumpsters throughout the park.  No recycle in the area.

 

River Plantation site 429

 

Hiking to Abram’s Falls

 

Wild flowers along the way… bleeding heart, trillium and Sweet Betsy

 

Tricia and Nancy at Abram’s Falls                   Dan at Abram’s Falls

 

Horses took their own trail there                  Nice bridge at the start/end of the trail

 

Dan and Tricia…           Bill and Nancy from the parking lot of Clingman’s Dome

 

 

Going up to the Observation Tower at Clingman’s Dome

 

 

Some gorgeous views from the Observation Tower!

 

The Appalachian Trail

Trail Magic for the through-hikers

 

Syl, Gin and Tricia along the Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail

Gin and Syl at Clingman’s Dome parking lot

 

Rally registration                                        Pot Luck Dinner

 

Derby Hats…  Nancy, Linda K and Bill                        Syl and Gin