Sep 14, 2018 - September 14, 2018 – Marietta to Dalton, Georgia to Savannah, Tennessee

September 14, 2018 – Marietta to Dalton, Georgia to Savannah, Tennessee I got on the road about 8:15 this morning. Instead of taking the interstate to Dalton, I drove the back roads. I wasn’t in any hurry so it was fun to drive the back road and avoid all the traffic on I75. I got to John and Judy Schwenn’s about 11:30. I visited with John while Judy went to her hair appointment. Afterwards, we went to lunch. It was good to visit with them and get caught up on each other. I left there and headed west. I was well ahead of the storm which...

Sep 10, 2018 - More Rain!

Had a sunny morning and got on the road very early. We decided to try to find a good restaurant, and succeeded very well although the 21 miles the phone said we would have to drive to get there turned out to be narrow and twisting, so it took a while. The Black Olive in Jonesburough, Tennessee, served great Italian food, of which we partook all too freely. We’ll get back on Sam’s diet this evening. The trip back to the Interstate was much easier and quicker, but as soon as we got on I-81, it began raining. Continued all afternoon. Sometimes...

Sep 4, 2018 - Back Where Christine Came From!

It was a pretty long drive from Woodstock, GA to Millington, TN, but good roads and a couple stops broke it up nicely. Just spent the 1 night at what used to be NAS Millington. Took a look around the base, but not much left that we recognized after 30+ years. Camp host was very nice for an old retired Sailor! Easy in and out, good satellite reception.

Sep 2, 2018 - Bean Pot Campground

Another day of mostly Interstate; easy driving except for the rain. But that brought its own benefits. The last couple of days have been really hot and we had to run the air conditioner in the RV, which meant I can’t hear Sam (or anything else for that matter) because it is so noisy. I kept watching the outside temperature readout as we drove along, and it stayed in the low to mid-70s most of the way. Here we can comfortably sit outside and read, and should be able to sleep tonight in peace and quiet. We are at the Bean Pot RV Campground in...

Aug 31, 2018 - Interstate and Delta Heritage Center

This was mostly a long, dull day of driving on the Interstate: no excitement, which is exactly the way we like to see Interstate driving. The one exception was a stop at the Delta Heritage Center on Interstate 40, about two-thirds of the way from Memphis to Jackson. They had the place divided into separate museums, each covering a different part of the Mississippi River Delta’s history. The two I found most fascinating were the Tina Turner schoolhouse, a tiny one-room school that had been moved here to preserve it. The only “school”...

Aug 17, 2018 - Chattanooga, TN

Fri, 17 Aug: Heading south... After two relaxing, and very wet, days at the FMCA Campground it was time to head out. As FMCA (Family Motor Coach Association) members we are allowed two free nites stay each month, so we'd stayed our August limit. We got an early start as our intent was to spend the nite at the Escapees park near Knoxville, TN. We planned to arrive early in order to do laundry. Alas, such was not to be... Sandi pulled out of the campground around 0750. She backtracked east on OH 32 to I 275 which we took south toward the...

Aug 16, 2018 - Parkers Crossroads RV Park (8/12 - 8/13/18)

We spent 2 nights at Parker's Crossroads. We were given 'the best site on the hill', but I don't remember the site number. This is a wonderful RV park. All the sites are concrete and level with full hook-ups. They each have either a picnic table or small table with 2 chairs. There is a catch-and-release fishing pond on the property. Just down from our site is a gazebo with a big bench swing. After we got settled, I took advantage of the swing and read my book. There are 4 resident geese that came running over to investigate and see if we...

Aug 14, 2018 - Cedar Creek Campground - (8/7 - 8/11/18)

Cedar Creek Campground is a Corps of Engineers (C.O.E.) park. We love them because they are on a lake and as seniors we get in for 1/2 price. This park is on Old Hickory Lake. We stayed here for $12.50 a night. Our site, #59, is the last site in the campground. We couldn't get one right on the water, but to me this one was the best anyway. There was no one on either side of us. We had a huge area with trees that shaded, but one of them was a cedar and dropped lots of little needles on everything. You gotta take the good with the annoying!...

Aug 13, 2018 - Tims Ford State Park - Fairview Campground (8/5 - 8/6/18)

This is a nice park right on Tims Ford Lake. Our site, #39, was up on a little bit of a hill and backed up to the lake, but it was too steep to get down to the lake. The sites are quite spacious and the ones across from us are right on the lake. We were lucky and didn't have anyone on either side of us. We chose this place because it is close to Lynchburg, TN; home of the Jack Daniels Distillery. On Monday we made our pilgrimage to Lynchburg. That is the one and only distillery in the world and they supply the world with Jack Daniels. When...

Aug 3, 2018 - Last day in Tennessee already!

No rush to get on the road this morning. We knew we only had the 45 miles we couldn't do yesterday to get us to Crump. Yesterday we were going to go the extra 45 miles and in the end decided not to. After riding today, we both agree it was probably a good decision! We would have made it of course, but it would have taken us quite a few hours to do it, and we probably would have been pretty miserable. It was a nice ride todday since we were fresh, nothing different than we have been doing for the last 3 days. We really appreciate the shade...

Aug 2, 2018 - Day 3 - Chattanooga to Albany, KY

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!! Or, should I say the shopping. Well, we got up at 6 am, ate breakfast at the hotel, filled up with gas and headed for Signal Mountain Road just north of Chattanooga. We figured we would be sitting in front of the first sale waiting for it to open. Years of dreaming and months of planning and finally the day is here. But just like the immortal words of Robert Burns, “The best laid plans . . . “ The early morning fell apart in short order – 1) Signal Mountain Road was down to one lane of traffic, so we had to sit for...

Aug 2, 2018 - We made it a short day

We made it a short day today! sort of the same situation as yesterday. Its either too short or too long. When we got to the point we had to make a decision, we decided we would push on, but today it was another 45 miles on top of the 30 we had already done. Yes, no . . .yes . . . No . . .Yes we would go for it. We crossed the Tennessee River, got to our turn and thought no, we won't. So we stopped early. Took a short excursion of 5 miles into the town of Parsons, just to see what was happening in town! Those 5 miles were probably the...