Campground Photos and shopping in Charlottesville

We left the campground this morning at 9:00 and drove west to Charlottesville which is about 32 miles away. We drove west on US-33 and could see the Appalachian Mountain range in the distance.

From Shenandoah Crossing Resort

Mike had called Jenkins Automotive in Charlottesville yesterday about the brakes on the Vue and got an appointment for this morning. The brakes have been squealing lately and we wanted to have them checked out. We arrived at Jenkins a little before 10:00 and after the technician checked the brakes, he found that there was nothing wrong with them. Since all they did was check the brakes, the visit didn't cost us anything.

We stopped at a Hess gas station and filled the tank in the Vue and paid $3.129 a gallon for gas. We next stopped at Lowe's to buy a filter for our air conditioner and a couple of other items that Mike needed and then went to Sam's Club to do some shopping.

After leaving Sam's we stopped for lunch at a Five Guys before driving back to the campground. We had our usual order of little Bacon Cheeseburgers, regular order of fries and regular drinks.

After lunch we drove back to the campground and stopped by the laundry that is closest to our campsite to see if the machines were being used. There are 2 washers and 2 dryers there, but the machines were already being used.

After unloading our purchases from the car and feeding Tinker his lunch, I gathered up our laundry and Mike put it in the car for me. I decided to drive over to the laundry that is near the Lodge and use the machines there. They have 6 washers and 6 dryers in that laundry and it is air conditioned (the one closest to our campsite isn't air conditioned).

I brought my laptop with me so I could get some work done on the blog while I was waiting for the clothes to get done. I forgot to mention that the laundry machines here at Shenandoah Crossing Resort are free.

While I was doing laundry, Mike took a couple of photos of our campsite. The campsites are covered with rocks, but are uneven. We had to put our right side front tire up on blocks in order to get the motor home level.

From Shenandoah Crossing Resort

You can see by these photos how many trees there are around us, but they keep our campsite well-shaded and keep us cooler than if we were sitting out in the sun all day.

From Shenandoah Crossing Resort