#236 US Stony Fork Campground

I saw this office supply downtown and loved the big pencil

We stayed at a little Federal Park just outside of Wytheville and it was already pretty affordable and then we got the half off price. Thank you, India.

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­It had water and electricity and was very beautiful. We couldn't get much of a TV station or a phone signal or anything here but it was a nice place to rest for two nights. About the only thing we did was go to a community college for a Bluegrass kind of music presentation, I guess.

It was good family fun and quite a lot of the 50 and over crowd we're doing dancing they're out there and it was nice to see.

We also went into town to see the big pencil.

I suppose it's really just a marketing gimmick for the office supply store. It was really cool and it's really huge. Of course I have pictures of that.

Wytheville Community College Bluegrass & Old-time Jamboree

WCC Bluegrass & Old Time Jamboree - the third Saturday of each month at 7:00 PM.

Locality: Wythe County

1000 E. Main St. Wytheville, VA 24382

e WCC Bluegrass & Old-Time Jamboree is held every third Saturday of the month, except in the month of June, at 7 p.m. in the Snyder Auditorium, Grayson Hall, on the main WCC campus in Wytheville.

The Bluegrass & Old-Time Jamboree was organized beginning in October of 2006 by WCC President Charlie White, who organized and hosted a similar event for many years at New River Community College. Each Jamboree features a bluegrass band and an old-time band. The bluegrass band usually performs from 7-8 p.m. and the old-time band usually performs from 8-9 p.m. Room is provided for anyone who wants to shake a leg and dance.

The event is free and open to the public. Donations are accepted to help defray the travel expenses of the bands. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

The WCC Bluegrass & Old-Time Jamboree is affiliated with The Crooked Road - Virginia's Heritage Music Trail.

There was one detail that I wanted to mention. I couldn't get any TV channels and one of the fellows that seemed to know the area came by and spoke to me about that.

I had already tried everything with my antenna on the roof with no luck. When we are way out in the boonies I will tie a simple handheld type antenna with a string up a tree to get the height.

My methods are pretty strange. I take a small weight and using a fishing rod I cast way up and let it cross over a limb then I used a fishing line to pull a larger parachute cord type rope of the tree then I tie it to my antenna and get the height need which is usually 10 or 15 feet higher than your RV.

The gentleman came up to me and said so you having any luck and I said we'll see and still no channels.

He said it sounds counter to what you would normally believe, but at this particular park at this particular spot higher is not better.

He said from where we are positioned if you can put the antenna down really low on the ground, it gets the proper angle to receive the antenna signal.

I never quite understood how this would be possible but and needless to say it didn't work for me. I decided I get points for trying.

US Stony Fork Campground, 109 Kenning Rd, Wytheville, VA 24382 first come first serve