We drove to Heiskell, Tn. on Monday and stayed in the Raccoon Valley RV Campground, an Escapee Park. We have stayed here several times and have always enjoyed our time here. They are preparing to enlarge the activity building and some of the sites. They have several hiking trails, but due to rainy weather and other plans we again will not be able to walk the trails. Katie has enjoyed our site because we are backed up to a small creek. She enjoys all the movement of the creek and leaves falling. She has been able to observe a squirrel and several dogs. She has been quite a busy kitty.
Because of rain we chose to hang out at the RV for the day on Tuesday. We cleaned out our large closet in preparation for doing some more down sizing when we return home. I got some financial work done and Allan worked on the some paper work and the Internet. He also went to the social hour for coffee and cookies and a good time to chat with new friends. He ran into 3 couples that he had met last year in Tn and Wy. Katie enjoyed watching the rain drops fall into the creek.
Today, Wednesday we drove to the Jamestown area and Big South Fork National Recreational Area to observe the colors and changes that have occurred since we were last here. We visited Rugby an English settlement established in 1880 as a farming cooperative on the Cumberland Plateau. Twenty of the Victorian buildings still stand and some are open for tours. In the past we brought our horses here to ride in the fall. It is a beautiful area. Allan decided to drive to Oneida, Tn on the way back to the campground. This required us going down into the gorge and back up. We have seen a few people bring their horse trailers on this road but it is a 13% grade with switchbacks and the rocks crop out over the highway. There are scars on the rocks where vehicles have scraped or run into, passing this area. We would not have taken our trailer on this road. We have found the tree colors are past their peak here in Tennessee.
I am enclosing pictures of Katie in her Mardi Gras costume for Halloween. She thinks it is a new toy.
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