Mississippi, Red Bay Alabama, Tennessee

Our free wheeling, go when and where we want, when we want, has changed.  We have an appointment in Red Bay Alabama May 13th.  We  are having trouble with one of our slides and were going to the hometown of the manufacturer to have it repaired.  So now were killing time, trying to reach our destination on time but not to soon.  

It's been raining everywhere we go since we left Arizona and started heading west, we have some days that we don't get drenched but it's been very wet and stormy, hmm it's those spring showers?

We left Little Rock and arrived in Mississippi May 9, 2019. 
The rivers are rising
to flood levels.

Oh the mighty Mississippi.  

Were staying at John W Kyle State Park in South Sardis, MS.  It rained all 4 days we were here.

This is the dam up the road from the lake were on.

It's sort of creepy standing by such a mighty force and the noise is crazy loud.

We arrived in Red Bay a small town where they make the Tiffen Motor homes.  We toured the plant which was really cool.  Just about everything in this town is connected to the motor-home industry.  Everywhere you go are motor homes in parking lots, on the road and people eating, hanging out  and camping all over  town.  It's very cool, the people are so friendly and laid back.


 

Who would have thought we would find a Frank Lloyd Wright Rosenbaum House in the area.  Designed in 1939 for a mere $14,000, the Rosenbaum House has been called one of the purest examples of Wright's Usonian design.  The house was deeded to the City of Florence in 1999 and restored to its original condition.

It reminds me of the Meyer May House in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Finally we have a sunny day to try out our 2 man inflatable kayak.  It's great.
Were in LaVergne Tennessee outside of Nashville. 

Finally a lake I'm not afraid to go into.  

Were getting closer to home, I'm excited but it feels like our adventures are ending.

The  C.O.E.  Knobs Campground.  Just like the national parks the Corp of Engineer parks are 50% off for seniors.

Were back in Michigan

It's hard to believe our last post was from Winslow Arizona in April. I'll be back tracking to show you some of the cool places and things we did between there and here.

We traveled 8,600 miles in the motor home (Moose) since October 2018 those miles do not include miles we drive in the jeep.

Were on a mission to visit all the National Parks. 

The black pins on the map represent their locations.

Travel stats as of December 21, 2018

71 Days on the road

7 States

2,617 Miles

12 Campgrounds

Our Camping cost are averaging $20 a day, we have used Passport America, Coast to Coast, Good Sam Club, State Parks, National Parks & Forest and occasionally Walmarts.

Here is a list of the campgrounds we have stayed at, how many days, what type of park or discount we used.

Walmart , 3 nights
                                                                        
Hellcreek Ranch, Hell, MI., 5 days, private.
                                           
Mammoth Cave, Cave City, KY., 3 days, National Park
                                  
Lazy Llama, Chuckney, TN., 7 days, Passport America
                                         
Pride Resort, Waynesville, NC., 7 days, Coast to Coast
                                      
Shadrock,  Bristol, TN .,  3 days, Passport America
                            
Shadyfork, Wytheville, VA., 4 days, National Forest Campground

Shenandoah, Gordonsville, VA., 14 days, Coast to Coast

Hunting Island State Park, Beaufort, SC., 6 days, State Park

Faver Dykes , St. Augustine, FL.,  2 days, State Park

Jonathon Dickson's , Hobe Sound, FL., 3 days, State Park

Bee's RV Resort, Clermont, FL., 4 days, Coast to Coast

Homosassa River RV Park, Homosassa, FL., 3 days, Passport America

We spent 7 days visiting in Marathon Key without our motothome.

Lazy Llama Campground, Chuckey TN Appalachian Mountains

Were here for six days, the owners run a Llama farm and are part of WWOOF, World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms.  You can come and stay in a cabin and work the farm as an educational experience based on trust and non-monetary exchange, very cool place.  Saturday I get to attend a free art class, yeah! right up my alley, Carolyn is a fiber artist.  

Here's some photo's of our hike in the Rocky Fork State Park, about an hour from our campsite. This hike was 3 miles round trip but had a some very steep inclines as you got closer to the top. Beautiful view from the top, you could see the whole park from the rocky top.