Trekking South

Hi Y'all,
Now that we are in the south we have to get the lingo down.
This has been a nice drive down to our winter destination (Live Oak, Fla.). We had not planned much of it, usually making a reservation just ahead for a few days. One does have to make a plan where they will be on the weekends as things get full yet.
Our last blog had us leaving Indiana where we then made a stop at Lake Malone State Park, central Kentucky. This was a small 26 site campground off the beaten path as one might say.

Our neighbors

 We did a short loop drive of the area and watched as tobacco was being harvested. Other than that it was just a nice quiet place to relax a bit.

 Our next plan was a corp park in Tennessee but as we were packing up my portable oxygen concentrator quit. A call to the service center deemed not much help, a new unit would have to be shipped to us. So we changed plans and skipped the corp park to drive on to a Chattanooga KOA that would accept delivery of the unit. Luckily we now have the on board generator so we were able to fire it up and use while en route.

 So without the portable unit we were pretty much stuck in the campground. The new unit would take 24-48 hours to arrive. So since we had made the initial call on Monday as later Wednesday was looming I called to get a tracking number to check on it. Now the frustration really begins, for unknown reasons the unit had not even been sent. GRRR!! two days waiting and find this out. I try and speak to someone in supervision but that goes bad. Every time we made a call it was about 30 minutes on hold just to get a live person to speak to. I tried to be as civil as I could but said I expected the new unit to be shipped overnight. Well thankfully it arrived Thursday morning so Wendy and I could start exploring the area.
 The Chattanooga area is a beautiful area with Lookout Mountain and the Tennessee River offering great views and entertainment options. There is great history to be learned here as this was a major shipping artery during the Civil War and a great battle was fought in the area.

Point Park on Lookout Mt.

 The number one attraction in the area is the Incline Railway that has been taking people up Lookout Mountain since 1895.

 While in the area we also visited downtown Chattanooga, a free shuttle service takes you all around town. We also drove up Raccoon Mountain, and checked out nearby Cloudland Canyon Sate Park. All pretty cool, the only downside was we were to early to see much fall colors yet. It must be an amazing sight then.

Exploring Chattanooga

View at Cloudland Canyon State Park

Views from Raccoon Mt.

 We hit a small Mountain Festival that had crafts, Kettle corn, and some good local bluegrass music.

  Not to be overlooked one reason while here was hooking up with an old work buddy who had relocated down here.  We met Jeff and his wife Stephanie for dinner on Sat. And then were able to enjoy lunch and a  Packer game with them on Sunday. This was fun as we had not really seen each other in over 10 years so a lot of catching up indeed.

Jeff, Stephanie, Wendy and me