Day 2 festivities

Made it to Tega Cay

I've been given the unenviable task of entertaining the girls while the adults unload boxes.

Deer Run RV Resort, Crossville TN

What is an RV Resort? People own parking spots. There is a swimming pool. This one is over 200 acres and has a lake. Some people obviously live here. There are children being raised here. It's a place to live but I consider myself lucky not to. It's a nice campground though. We are a little west of Knoxville. Tennessee is a wide state. Tomorrow we will be in Tega Cay. Seth & Courtney closed on their new house today and they are going to spend night # 1 in it tonight. We are going to spend several days in a KOA near them and maybe be of some help. We saw this moth yesterday.

T.O. Fuller State Park Tennessee

We are just west of Memphis. This park has an unusual history. It was the first state park east of the Mississippi open to African Americans. The park was constructed by an all black unit of the CCC In 1938. During the construction of the park, specifically, the swimming pool, evidence was found that the site was an ancient Indian village. There is a large mound of earth and evidence that the area was inhabited for many millenia. Sadly, we need to move on. We will be gone tomorrow.

2nd day at the lake

Today was a bike ride on a good trail, a 2 1/2 hour hike followed by lunch. Since the  athletic activity we have been trying to stay relativity comfortable. It ain't easy. It is hot and humid. I'm not complaining but let me say I prefer dry heat. I can't post pics using the visitors center WiFi so I'll try and do it tomorrow. We should be near Memphis tomorrow.

Lake Ft Smith State Park Arkansas

We are now in the south for sure. I was soaked in sweat while making camp and there is a bumper sticker on a pickup next to us that reads "Obama and Democrats don't like America". We have our satellite set up so I was thinking of inviting him over to watch MSNBC tonight. We have limited cell in the campground so I'm using the WiFi in the visitors center. They close in 10 minutes. Let's see if this works.

Oklahoma is OK

One of the reasons we stopped here is that their Web site mentioned 17 miles of trails. I got on one of them yesterday and was soon riding through waist deep weeds. I had to stop a couple of times to clear the foliage that had become wrapped around my hubs. I thought that maybe I had picked a unused trail or something so today we drove around to some other trailheads. They were all overgrown. Rain can really screw things up. There is a disk golf course here. We shared it with the local fauna. After golfing we walked to the marina for a cool one. This is Oklahoma marina humor.