What a bunghole puckering entrance 🤣🤣🤣🤣. Tara's facial expressions were priceless 😊. Dang, what a view !!!!

We stayed at Mama Gerties about a month ago for the first time in a 40 foot fifth wheel and stayed just down from your site in the upper campground. What a pull up that hill!!!!! Thought the truck was going to overheat but we made it and it was totally worth it!! Also went to Mount Mitchell for the first time. Great trip and great scenery. Love your videos!! Keep them coming!

I want to send a shout out to Chard for opening the door for Tara. I do that for my wife. She needs a step stool to get in the truck. Love the motorcycle videos. Good info that you shared.

I love that Daisy. She's the most content pup in the world (and why not? oh, if we all only had her life, LOL!) She loves her some Mama and Daddy!

Awesome retrocade.....havent seen those Classics in 3 decades !

I’m like you closing my eyes and get nervousness and scared. Great vid! ❤ the views.

Great episode. Those games remind me of my childhood. The good ole days!!

There’s gotta be something wrong with me that I sat watching this thinking the visit to the Retrocade was the highlight, and “Space Invaders and Asteroids are missing.” 😂 The ride was great, the climb into Mama Gertie’s was cool, but my favorite was the Retrocade!

Tara dropped a mile out of the sky hanging under a kite but the road to the campground terrified her. 😋 Give me the campground road any day.

We’ve been to Mamma Gerties several times and last time stayed in that same exact spot. The views ARE fantastic and we’ve always had a blast in the area. Friends were there a few weekends ago and yes, there definitely are bears there. There were a few walking around the campground multiple days. Keep eyes open and have a blast!!

I love the Blue Ridge Parkway! I've done the length of the BRP/Skyline Drive in 2 (maybe 3, can't remember for sure) sports cars, 1 motorcycle, and some "regular" cars. We like to stay at the Mt. Pisgah Inn near the south end. Near the north end, there was some sort of motel, I think in the Shenandoah Valley, that we enjoyed. We drove up to the parking lot at Mt. Mitchell, walked to the overlook. A park ranger let us know they'd be closing the gates fairly soon, but then hung out with us a bit, pointing out the various mountains you can see from there, and saying it was the first time in a long time that it was clear. On the bike, I was behind a guy on a BMW, and we were stuck with the "Follow Me" truck for a while. Then we got to the end of the construction zone, and he took off, so I did the same. We flew by a ranger going the other way, but there wasn't much opportunity for him to turn around, so no tickets. There are so many cool sections of the parkway, with viaducts, tunnels, mountain views, and more. Now that we're RVing, we may stop somewhere nearby (not with 19% grade etc.) and ride parts of it again.

We stayed at Mama Gerties twice (once in November when it got down into the twenties). Beautiful views, but not for the faint hearted. Our biggest challenge was walking our two Golden Retrievers. The KOA Asheville East is right down the road, and flat.

Great video guys! I liked the hill climb. We just did a 10 to 11 degree hill this year too. Natural Tunnel State Park in Virginia. Been a subscriber for a bit now. We also hit Asheville on the way home. Did the pinball museum. It was very cool. I too grew up in the 80’s. Thanks & please keep it up. Jay

Been there with a 42’ Class A in late October. Some snow and 28 degrees at night. Going up was interesting but coming down was a challenge. Made it ok but our pulse was up. If you want more fun check out the Gaspe Peninsula in Quebec. Several 11 degree slopes and one 17 degree along the St. Lawerence Waterway. Lots of great scenery and attractive small towns.

Seeing the momentum pull in gives me great confidence to pull our fuzion in there, great video

The Mrs. & I live in SC however, we are on the border of NC. Anyway we love the Blue Ridge Hwy, The sights are beautiful.

Great video. Glad you guys were able to 'climb' up in the campground. I don't think my spouse would have endured the climb up !!!

You're in my neck of the woods. I love in Waynesville about 30 miles west. It's a beautiful area. glad you're here.

Love the patio at your camping site.

That is a BEAUTIFUL view!! What goes up must come down....... My heart was skipping a beat watching y'all go up there. LOVE the retro game place and Chad's shirt!

Great trip! My friend and I rode the entire length of the Blue Ridge Parkway on our Harleys. What a terrific ride! Be safe out there.

I’ve personally camped here at least twice. It’s a great campground and you can’t beat the scenery. It’s one of my favorite parts of the country.

What a beautiful video! Thanks for sharing your adventure…… Lisa. PS I love your fluffy pup❤️

Anyone going to stay at Mama Gertie's needs to stay on that top shelf, the rest of the park is just not the same. We actually had the spot right hind you guys a few years back. Loved the arcade place, and can't wait for the rest of the ride video

We are at Mama Gertie's. We have one of the sites on the 3rd tier. What a beautiful view. Thanks for the video, we booked in December. So glad we did! Also we will spend time on our motorcycle while here.🎉

OMG! When I was watching your film of the road with my husband we were laughing because we have a private joke we are always saying, “It was flat on the map.”

We love Mama Gerties!! Been there twice. Ours is a smaller GD 337, but on the downward steep hard right, we were about to touch underside to side rail on truck. With no one coming up, we backed up a tad and went down the up! All good. 👍 BTW...we love following your adventures!!

Living near Greenville,SC, we are able to visit the Blue Ridge parkway pretty frequently. It also makes a nice day trip for us. Best time to visit by far is the fall. Shenandoah Valley and Skyline drive which connects to the Blue Ridge Parkway, is one of our favorite areas to camp. Haven't visited the reteocade, yet, but it's now on our bucket list next time we are in Asheville.

What a perfect shirt to wear to the retro arcade. What an amazing campsite, that was one crazy road up there. Well done.- Kyle and Michelle.

I would be more scared going down! Good job Chad! 😮😊

Beautiful ride on the Parkway. Love the arcade brought back memories.

I’ve heard great stuff about Mamma Gertie’s, so thanks again for showing us more.

Thanks for sharing, My wife and I live in Wilmington, NC and we have been looking at Mama Gerties to go camping at.

The Blue Ridge Parkway is an awesome ride. They've closed some stuff since I first rode it about 40 years ago but it's still beautiful. One day you need to ride it from beginning to end in a couple of days. Keep the good stuff coming guys.

Love the atari shirt. Retro is best. Funspot laconia N.H. is giant retro arcade great camping up that way. We full time love this vid. Retro4lyfe. Thnks for all the advice over years couldnt of done it without ya

I had every confidence that Chad could handle the climb up to the campground.

Loved Mama Gerties...we just left on Mon, Aug 14th! I guess we just missed you. Man, I hope you guys made it to Sierra Nevada Brewery! It is a GREAT place to hang out for the day. We left there and are in The Ridge in Pigeon Forge area...love it here too.

It’s not the goin’ up, but the comin’ down that will get ya. Nice campground. I rode most of Skyline Drive recently and it was a great road, very similar to the BRP.

One of our favorite campgrounds! Love taking the Harley’s up there!

We stayed at Mama Gerties a couple of years ago. The staff were incredibly friendly and helpful. Unfortunately, we had rain for the duration of our stay, but we enjoyed our stay despite the weather.

We stayed there several years ago. Great place!

Thank you for the 376th note! I was considering this place but I was a concerned after watching the video with the back dragging on my coach and ironically you commented on it!

Awesome campground, definitely one we’ll have to visit. That area is awesome, we were down there last fall, great scenery!

Hi Guys, when you mentioned in an earlier video you were going to Mama Gertie's I meant to caution you regarding the steep incline going to the top where the awesome site views are. Wife and I have driven through the campground several times and it's steep. Great video as always.

I agreed that asteroids would have been fun. Loved the bike ride!

We stayed at a campground at Swanonova before but It wasnt like yours. MAN, this campground view is something else. I have got to go there. Thanks Folks Charley from Ocala You both make wonderful videos.

I loved Asteroids! hahaha

We were at Mama Gertes two weeks ago! Quite the trick getting in and out of there but a pretty neat place.

Great video, beautiful area. Camp area was fantastic, looks like a place you could stay for quite a while. We were in N.C. few years back. Unfortunately we didn't get to see a great deal. Its on the list of "gotta go back" places. Ya'll (Chad) did a great job on the road, really didnt look that bad. Grade was a little interesting. Bet going downhill will be more fun, you may have to give Tara one of Daisy's "chill pills" if she'll share. Gotta love Sunday's, get to watch two best travel couples, ya'll and Phil & Stacy back to back. God bless yall and stay safe on the road out there.

Love the bike ride. Sold our bikes a few years ago😭 seeing you guys ride thru the mountains makes me regret that we did. Enjoy your time together riding and Rving. Wishing you both safe travels.

We have stayed at Mama Gerties a couple of times (at the back turnaround where you set up) and did have a mama bear and cubs hanging out on our last adventure. They were eating the berries on the slope. The mama bear actually surprised up on the first viewing by popping up on the side of the road that goes up to where you were set up. We were walking our trash down, she popped up by the rocks on the side, and I think the look on my wife's face and the bear's face were identical! We weren't 10 feet apart. Luckily, she turn and went back down. Really made us aware of our surroundings.

Great music choices in the edit.

Chad doin it like a boss! I typed this before hearing Tara, so I'm leaving it.

Chad - I can't believe Tara didn't have more faith in your ability to handle that hill with your huge read-end...I'm talking about the 4.30 read-end in your 450 of course! 😉

Such a precious Daisy!! The Appalachian's are most certainly the most beautiful mountains in the world! Be careful!

Great video! Loved the music playing when bike riding! Love the camp Site ! I live 1 hr from Asheville never heard of it ! Stay safe

❤👍loved the arcade and the bike footage, what an rv spot. 💐💐💐😎🦅🇺🇸

Yep, with our Class A and tow we'd be challenged to go up their. I usually avoid sites like this. Definitely a very nice view, but $181.50 per night, well we are not that desperate. And, yes, the Blue Ridge Mountain is a very nice trail to travel along.

Welcome to my side of the woods! Little Switzerland catered our wedding, love that place.

Years ago, we pulled into a campground at Dupont Forest with a Ram 3500 and 42' 4 horse living quarters horse trailer, the lady directed us on a driveway straight up the side of the mountain. Don't know the grade but it was so steep they cut horizontal grooves in the concrete drive for traction. But when we got to the top of the mountain, our camper door opened to a view like this camp spot. Hope you enjoy NC, we have some awesome areas to visit.

Lol….I do the same thing with my husband on the coast of California 😜😳😩🫣

I always clean the camper when we leave every site. We were at Emerald isle and sand every where . I bought a small vacuum like a red devil works great. Now when we are done traveling I will do a deep clean before the keys.

Next time you guys are in Hershey for the RV show, stop in downtown York, PA (without the rig LOL) as there's a really cool classic arcade there as well. There's also one in Lancaster, PA called Decades which has old school games and bowling.

Great video guys, thank you for another great idea for a trip 10-12 hours from hometown Clearwater FL 😎

Love the retrocade - Asteroid was my favorite, followed by Galaga :)

We camped at Mama Gerties's with a 30' FW in 2003 and remember it well. Not too much trouble with getting into the space (one of the first sites that you showed passing, if I remember right) but we had to put some major blocking under the rear stabilizers!

Love the BRP! We live near the Peaks of Otter in VA and have spent lots of time on the Parkway over the years, hiking and camping. Would love to explore the NC sections.

The first week of Aug we pulled our lil’ 18’ bumper pull up to visit friends at the TOP of Beech Mtn. I tow with a Tacoma and felt like I was losing traction on the paved roads leading up to their actual home. Traction loss was confirmed when I got to their gravel driveway. I couldn’t make to where they wanted me to park. I spent two days dreading our eventual departure because equally steep gravel road to get out. I ended up dropping the bars from my weight distribution hitch, immediately saw the back end of the Tacoma sink but still had plenty of clearance, pulled out no issues and with new knowledge.😅

Great videos brother! SIGS from 3-6

Enjoyed seeing the Retrocade! We live on Lake Norman and have thought about heading to Asheville for a day trip to go there. Love Donkey Kong, Galaga, Ms Pac-Man and pinball!

I've been enjoying your content from the beginning and working my way forward. Recently I decided to keep up with your current content and continue to watch older content from time to time. This vid is exceptional. The views from the campground and along the Blue Ridge Parkway are amazing. My parents took me to the Parkway when I was a kid, but my recollection is fuzzy. It's on my bucket list. I wonder how the BRP would compare to the Kancamagus Highway in New Hampshire. Keep on keeping on.

Such a great scenic video. Thanks for sharing!!

Thanks you two. You just made a bad day better.

Asteroids!!! My husband used play that thing for hours on end. His friends owned a pizza place. They let him play once after closing. He played for 24 hours straight!! Then, when I went into labor with our first child he was playing and had the nerve to ask if he could finish the game!!!

As always, great sound track!!!

That was quite the nice campsite. I'll add that one to my list. Happy travels!

You did an awesome job. It's so much harder with having a larger rig

Not often you see or hear the name Swannanoa on the "tube." My family lived there early and mid 1970s (i was 6-12 yrs old.) Good ol I 40 Black mtn was the truck annihilator back then.

Been there, done that with our 36ft Class A. We normally get a site in front of the community deck. The road off the interstate is worse to me. It’s narrow and asphalt is breaking up. We did see some bears in the trees below the community deck one day. Don’t miss the nearby town of Black Mountain. Lots of shops and great places to eat.

Chad, I think the correct line is, “want some candy little girl?” 😂😂. I noticed the Atari shirt. Actually have an Atari 2600 boxed up. Christine and I remember those games and remember going to the arcade at the mall.

Enjoyed ❤

Loved mama Gertie’s!!!

Tara, you always pick the coolest music !!!!!

We have stayed at that campground and never stopped talking about it since.

You’re in my stomping ground now!! Work all over the Asheville area and live a few minutes west of Asheville!! 💜 🏞️

great video see you at the rally

Not sure if you use it, but the Pink RainX Windshield wash is a game changer!

The quest for Asteroids continues! LOL

Holy crap that road into the campground would give me the heebie-jeebies worth the drive though looks awesome job Tara you are hilarious

Good job Chad 👍 I have pulled oversized loads on roads like that before. On the way down put trans in manual mode and use the engine brake.

Great video!!

The road up Gertie’s was a hoot, only time I kinda wished I had a diesel truck

Im Sorry. we just left the Mountain Falls RV Resort in Lake Toxiway NC and the views were an obstructed by any thing , we saw Plains and Helicopters below us and the place was the most amazing pleace we have been to. But ir stay looked cute also :) U 2 are great and we love watching

Hey guys , love your videos ! We were recently at a campground in Roseland VA that was easy to get to and was only 6 miles from the blue ridge parkway called Devils backbone base camp . It is a Brewery / Distillery that has 25 full hookup RV spots . I’m sure like us your always looking for cool new spots to camp and ride . The area is full of other breweries, winery’s ,cideries ,Distillery’s and places to eat . Definitely worth a check out , we had a great time there.

We didn't stay at Mama Gertie's but we were in that area during the first two weeks of June. We need to check Mama Gertie's out next year.

the parkway is amazing ,we just got back from a trip on the Tail of the Dragon. I wish we had the time to also do the full parkway this year but maybe next!

I used to really like Golden Axe!

8:56 - What a parking place. 👍🏆

We were there last year the first week in June. We have a 26’ trailer. (GD XLS 22mle) though. Not as scary, my wife didn’t like the hill. We have had experience at Clifty Falls S.P. in Madison, IN on the south entrance. I want to say a 12% grade. I want to go to the Bella Coola Valley in BC, Canada. You have to go down the escarpment (like what is at Niagara Falls only higher.), so it is an 18% grade for 4 miles. Great video!

Wow, y’all rocked this video. Great job