Barren River Lake Resort Park KY

We are in the eastern part of the state. Now in the central time zone. A large section of eastern Kentucky was kept free of trees by the native americans. They burned it every few years. The open prairie provided attractive habitat for big game which gave the indians something to hunt. When we showed up the land looked barren to us. There was a river flowing through this wasteland (now a lake) that was named The Barren River. The trees have grown back and everyone in the campground is playing Corn Hole. Funny how things all work out for the best in the end. I saw this plant during my bike ride. Any ideas?

Rainy

It started last night. It got worse and then I'm not sure how to describe it. You can hear rain hitting the roof pretty well. At one point it sounded like a herd of monkeys pounding their fists on the roof. It eventually stopped and we were able to get out. I rode around and saw a hiking trail that looked interesting. Jenny and I hiked that trail and got a good view of Cherokee lake. It was built by the TVA and is 59 miles long and 30,000 acres. The dam was finished on Dec 5 1941, 2 days before Pearl Harbor. There will be a test later. I saw that mushroom during the hike and it screamed "take a picture". We move tomorrow.

Panther Creek SP Tennessee

We are a little east of Knoxville. The park is 1400 acres. It has a disc golf course, a bunch of bike trails and we have satellite reception, so it's all good. Our stay with Pat & Steve was productive. Paula closed on her new house while we were there and Jenny and I were able to join the labor force that moved some cardboard boxes from the barndominium, where she has been residing, to her new bachelorette pad. Jenny bought an expensive bottle of Cooks to celebrate.

Weight Watchers?

After our visit to the truck stop weigh station my concerns were realized. With full water and full fuel plus all of our stuff we are about 550 lbs above our max allowable weight. The front axle is OK but the rear isn't. What to do. I drained 3/4 of the freshwater tank. That dumped several hundred pounds but I can't think of much else to do. Oh well. There are some pretty trails behind Pat's house. Jenny & I took a hike this morning.

Chester State Park day 2

We are making progress getting used to our new home. After some biking, hiking and disc golf we visited the local Walmart to get a few things for the new girl. Tomorrow we head to my sister, Pat's house with a stop at Seth's house for lunch. We plan on visiting a truck stop in route because I want to get a weight on this thing. A lot of RVs like ours sit on a ford F 450 chassis, however most of them don't have 3 slides. The max allowable weight on this chassis is 14,500 lbs. The manufacturer claimed it weighed 13,300 when we picked it up. It's loaded now. I filled up the water tank just to see how heavy this thing is going to be when we are maxed out. We'll find out tomorrow.

Day 1 summer 2019 trip

We are camped at Chester State Park in glorious Chester SC. It was only a 3 hour drive. We wanted something close because getting started on day 1 is always a drawn out process. Our plan this summer is to slowly meander westward and eventually end up at Lake Powell in Utah. We will meet our kids and there kids (thats 12 souls) there for a 5 day house boating adventure the 3rd week in July. We are a long way from getting settled into our new RV. We need to establish a routine and figure out where to put everything so that we can find it when we start looking. We are here for 2 nights.

The Twins