Scheduling this trip is a nightmare. We all have kids and busy lives. We try hard not to do it on a holiday weekend, but we just couldn't avoid it. I had difficulty finding a camp ground that we could make reservations at. With my flight being late in the evening and not arriving until almost 9 PM, we also had to find someplace not too far from Nashville. We decided to try a private campground that none of us had ever been to.
We stayed at Pinewood campground. Certainly we were not the average camper (we were lacking 5+ tattoos each). With it being private, the amount of beer in the recycle was unbelievable! Also without camp rangers, there was not anyone to police the quite hours. Since we have been the guilty party in previous years of having the rangers come tell us to be quiet as well as sneaking the beer in campgrounds that don't all it.. we really couldn't complain. In the end our site was right on the river and turned out to be just fine. We would have liked some more shade, but we made it.
Friday night Rod and I didn't make it there until about 10:30. We set the tent up in the dark and hung out around the fire. That night it was FREEZING. I clearly was not ready for it to get down into the 40's and we did not have enough blankets. I ended up sleeping in my jeans, shirt, coat, 2 pair of socks and I was still cold.
Saturday morning starts the same every year - blueberry pancakes with sausage. Then we spent about 4 or 5 hours on the river. Since we all own either kayaks or canoes, we didn't have to rent any from the campground. We drove ourselves up to the put in spot and floated back to the camp. The river was very pretty and the rock bluffs were amazing. There was still lots of flood damage from last year visible.
Saturday night we tried a new supper and had Mexican food. It ended up being very good and we all went to bed stuffed! Saturday night with all the alcohol consumed, the sun, and the water - the campground was extremely quiet during quiet hours.
Sunday we always get up, eat a good breakfast, pack up and head home.
Here are a few pictures from the weekend. However, if you are interested in seeing the other years, check out the pictures at chjw.shutterfly.com Each year is a different tab at the top of the page.
Bobbie and Scott - Bobbie has on her life jacket because they flipped two times!
Heather and Charles - they also flipped :-)
Ken, April and good ole Roy - Roy is getting to be an old man, but he still is good for a camping trip.
Rod - as you can tell... I am the photographer of the group!
We did take a tripod - so here is a group pictures. This rock was so cool. On the other side there was another huge rock and there was a tree growing up through the middle of the two rocks
A little picture of some of the left over flood damage from a year ago.
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