Our Least Favorite Things/Places/Experiences This Past Month

 Hey Y'all!

We try to keep it pretty positive here, but we also have to keep it real too. So for that reason here's the things we didn't love this past month.


..Err maybe that's bottom three?!?!


1) Replacing the belt...again. 

The new one, to bypass the smog delete, lasted less than a day (drive time). We then had to replace it with the old one, thankfully Chris thought to keep it. We had that most of the way back on, when we got kicked out of that parking lot, and had to remove it, put away the tools, limp it across the street, and get 'er done in a Lions Den parking lot. It only took about 30min from there, and thankfully it was a beautiful day. We're never in a rush, but it was annoying.



2) Sugar Hollow Park Campground Bristol, VA

This is a first come, first serve park. (No big deal, we've done that before- with Cowford Campground in AL.) So, I called- nicest lady ever on the phone, said only 3 spots were taken so we should not have any issue later in the day. 
We travel the 2ish hours out there, and get up to the campground and are blocked (via golf cart) by the ranger (?) on duty. No admittance, unless it's a factory built camper. Ok great, then the website should state that, it only says no tents. While we maneuvered to turn around, made more difficult by his incessant cart blocking, another van (Sprinter, not an RV version) went on up, and our assumption is they were let in- we never saw them come back down, and we were in the parks parking lot awhile trying to come up with a plan B. We found a plan B, stayed in Bristol 2 days and actually spent a bit of time in this park. Their trails are very nice.


3) NORM Trolly Rides Seville, OH

This was in September, but it was bad enough it deserved mention. Also October was pretty great, so...

I felt especially bad that this sucked, because it was my idea. We got up & out early, had breakfast at a cute little diner in town, then drove out to the railyard. We paid our $5 each, and went ahead and boarded the train/trolly a few minutes early, all excited for this "20 minute train ride". As we waited on this gorgeous day, the car got totally full, and excitement grew as we left the "station". We chug a lugged about 1000 ft, and stopped. Ok, maybe they needed to switch the track, maybe there were technical difficulties... we weren't sure. The conductor said a few things, but being a car full of people, you couldn't really hear him. After about 5min we headed back- very confused. Once we got off the train we found someone to ask what was going on, and were told that was the train ride. My issues were that was no where near 20min, and they were advertising this event as such. They also were giving directions from Ohio's large cities to here. If we'd have traveled several hours for this I'd have cried, and I'm an adult. Maybe the museum inside a rail car was awesome, we didn't stick around to find out.


Have you ever gone some place and thought That was it?! Where was it? Let us know in the comments below!


Thanks, 

The Outlands


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