Tuesday
March 21 - Chattanooga - Temps: High 82º, Low 54º
A
front moved through last night bringing storms including a tornado
warning in an area to the west of us. I was pretty nervous for a
while but everything turned out fine. There was some wind and lots of
rain but nothing too serious. At one point we noticed the microwave
had turned off. It turned out the power went out in the area and we
did not even notice as the lights are all on 12-volt. By the time we
got up in the morning the power was back on.
Today
we took a scenic drive in the Sequatchie Valley. The valley and the
Seisquatchi River are nestled between the Cumberland Plateau and the
Walden Ridge and runs from Jasper at its south end to Crossville at
the north. At times we were in the valley but then took side routes
up on to the ridges and plateaus on either side. We drove through
Signal Mountain, Powells Crossroad and Pikeville. We also explored
Fall Creek Falls State Park. Wow! This is a state park on steroids.
It is 26,000 acre park sprawled across the top of the Cumberland
Plateau and boasts the tallest falls in the eastern United States at
256 feet. The park offers miles of hiking and biking trails and there
is a reservoir in the park for those that want to swim, fish or boat.
Accommodations include a campground, cabins and yurts and a hotel and
conference center. As with most older state parks the sites were
small however there were some large RV's there. The roads in the
campground were narrow and it would be a challenge to get our rig in
some the areas.
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| Fall Creek Falls |
On
Sunday my mom called to tell me my dad was admitted to the hospital.
He was having trouble breathing. They are supposed to meet us in
Lexington KY for my mom and I to attend the Road to the Horse event
at the Kentucky Horse Park. She was not sure if they are going to be
able to come. However after we talked to Sheila she said she did not
have to work this weekend and offered to drive down with my mom. All
my mom would have to do is get to Sheboygan. We will see what
happens.
Wednesday
March 22 - Chattanooga to Lexington
We
left Marion County Park around 9:00 to make our way to Lexington and
the Kentucky Horse Park. We stopped a couple of times for breaks and
fuel and had an uneventful trip.
It
turned out that Mom and Sheila were able to work out the details and
will be heading to Kentucky on Thursday in the afternoon. They will
stop somewhere halfway to stay over night and hopefully be here
before the opening ceremonies on Friday afternoon. Yeah! And bonus is
Henry is coming too! We have not seen him since January when we left
Wisconsin.
Where
we are parked: Kentucky Horse
Park Campground, Site 146, $34/night, water and 50 amp
electric, no sewer but they have a dump station. The sites are paved.
Some sites are not very level. Our site is fairly level however it is
narrow and drops off at the edge. We had a 16” drop from our last
step to the ground. We went to Lowe's and got some lumber to build a
step.
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| Site 146 |
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| More BBQ |
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