Fixed bacon and eggs for Bill and I had my oatmeal with yogurt and berries. I think Bill had a bowl of peaches and milk before I got up! Left by 8:30 for Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area (LBL). What a neat place. If you were into boating and camping this is the place to go. They flooded 2 rivers after building dams and moving many little towns from the area and created two huge long lakes on each side of the land. There are no remnants of there ever being towns other than the family/town cemeteries are preserved.
We saw one of the Bison herds, 3 wild deer along the roads, visited the Nature Station where they have wild animals that were either domesticated or injured and cannot be put back in the wild and The Homeplace. It’s a li
ving museum of and 1850’s homestead with working interpreters. They had all the farm animals typical of the time and crops planted and today there were 2 men plowing with a hand plow and mule and 2 ladies quilting on the house porch. They said it was too hot to cook. We sure have it easy! I packed us sandwiches, soda and apples to have for lunch so we sat in the shade of a tree in the truck and had our lunch.
Before leaving the LBL area we went to one of the campgrounds. They are all on the water and there were over 200 sites at this one. Not all have utilities. A lot have electric but no water or sewer. I don’t know how long we could camp without water. Some people bid on the 90 spots they allow people to rent for 9 months of the year. They sure must like to fish and hunt!!
I dropped Bill off at the RV to take Xena out at around 3 and went up the road to Piggly Wiggly. We go through a lot of water so I got 2 more gallons and a few other items. Made chicken enchiladas with refried beans and salad for dinner. Have enough leftovers from the last 3 nights to not cook tomorrow since we will be on the road and stopping in Paducah and Metropolis tomorrow.
Bill hooked up the wastewater pipe, affectionately known as the “poop tube”. During the draining process, he discovered it had a tear in it. Luckily we have a spare, so there’s another item on our shopping list. After dinner I did one load of wash and we took Xena for a nice walk and then visited with the owner for a while. Got a new family in one of the cabins behind us. Another trailer arrived late last night so there are THREE of us camped tonight. Getting crowded so best to move along tomorrow!
We saw one of the Bison herds, 3 wild deer along the roads, visited the Nature Station where they have wild animals that were either domesticated or injured and cannot be put back in the wild and The Homeplace. It’s a li
ving museum of and 1850’s homestead with working interpreters. They had all the farm animals typical of the time and crops planted and today there were 2 men plowing with a hand plow and mule and 2 ladies quilting on the house porch. They said it was too hot to cook. We sure have it easy! I packed us sandwiches, soda and apples to have for lunch so we sat in the shade of a tree in the truck and had our lunch.Before leaving the LBL area we went to one of the campgrounds. They are all on the water and there were over 200 sites at this one. Not all have utilities. A lot have electric but no water or sewer. I don’t know how long we could camp without water. Some people bid on the 90 spots they allow people to rent for 9 months of the year. They sure must like to fish and hunt!!
I dropped Bill off at the RV to take Xena out at around 3 and went up the road to Piggly Wiggly. We go through a lot of water so I got 2 more gallons and a few other items. Made chicken enchiladas with refried beans and salad for dinner. Have enough leftovers from the last 3 nights to not cook tomorrow since we will be on the road and stopping in Paducah and Metropolis tomorrow.
Bill hooked up the wastewater pipe, affectionately known as the “poop tube”. During the draining process, he discovered it had a tear in it. Luckily we have a spare, so there’s another item on our shopping list. After dinner I did one load of wash and we took Xena for a nice walk and then visited with the owner for a while. Got a new family in one of the cabins behind us. Another trailer arrived late last night so there are THREE of us camped tonight. Getting crowded so best to move along tomorrow!
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