Gaston, VA
Friday, August 21 - We left North River Camp Ground in Shawboro NC at 8AM. We drove 3+ hours to our destination, The Club Resort at Lake Gaston, Virginia, an ROD membership park.
We saw a lot of blooming cotton fields, soybean, and corn fields that have dried out and look ready to be plowed under. The yellow corn fields will likely be ground to make feed for livestock and poultry. Some of it will be used for seed for future crops. The Crepe Myrtle trees and shrubs are everywhere in full bloom. The weather was very sunny and extremely hot and the coach heated up to 89 degrees by the time we arrived at our destination, even running the generator and front air conditioner.
We were set up by noon as much as Ray could with the heat. The rest of the outside chores had to wait until the sun goes down. The good news we are expecting rain and lower temperatures in the 80s by tomorrow.
Club Resort at Lake Gaston is noted for its 20,000-acre Lake Gaston with full service marina. Clubhouse is huge and has an exercise room, sauna, Jacuzzi, movie room, dining area and lounge. Family Fun Center has indoor heated swimming pool, shuffleboard, racquetball, tanning beds, 10-lane bowling alley, arcade room, exercise /weight room and snack bar. There is a fee for the use of these amenities.
This park does not cater to big rigs. Once you get beyond the clubhouse and Family Fun Center, the park shows its age, with narrow roads and a lot of permanent trailers, some very unsightly. We are in an open area so we can get satellite. We can get Verizon air card to work (4-bars), but no AT&T phone service.
Sunday, August 23 - Beautiful sunny morning in 70s, so Ray decided to take a ride around Lake Gaston. He did 110 miles, lots of farms and he saw the large Kerr Dam, which contains much of the lake.
The US Army Corps of Engineers operates this 50,000 acre reservoir and an additional 50,000 acres of surrounding land. In the 1950's, Kerr Reservoir, also called Buggs Island Lake, was constructed primarily to provide for flood control and hydropower generation.
Monday, August 24 - We drove into Lake Gaston to grocery shop and see the local area. Not much near the park. Temps are back to mid 90s. Too hot for Ray to do much outside even though the humidity is 79%, but not bad if you compare this to Florida.
Tuesday, August 25 - It is 67° outside and looks like another beautiful day in the high 80s, mid-90s. Ray is riding the Gold Wing today. Some of his pictures:
Wednesday, August 26 - Thermometer says it is 95 degrees outside our coach. I rode my bike all the way down the asphalt road to the lake/pool area. It was fun as the hills are not too steep for me to handle. We can’t use our BBQ stand because the ground is too unlevel for me to cook. The park's tables are very old and not usable. Oh well, maybe the next stop will work out better for steaks on the grill.
Thursday, August 27 - Woke up to beautiful sunshine off the lake. A huge bright globe of golden yellow. It is 68° and no breeze. We changed our reservations to leave on 8/1 instead of 8/4 since we have no cell phone service.
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