Meandering the Country

October  24-31, 2022 We had heard wonderful things about Raccoon Mountain Caverns and Campground and were looking forward to our stay there.  I have to agree that it is a great place to base yourself out of for a visit to Chattanooga, Tennessee! Our first full day in the area took us to downtown Chattanooga where we stopped at the Visitor Center and picked up some tips.   In October of 1969, Walter Cronkite famously called Chattanooga “the dirtiest city in America”.  Well, that got the attention of the city leaders who were instantly challenged to do something about their stained reputation.  One of the changes made was updating the city center.  I don’t know what was here before, but today you find (in addition to the Visitor Center) some pretty unique and creative art.  The area is supposed to be representative of the greater Chattanooga area, including the formation of the Appalachian foothills as the tectonic plates collided millions of years...

 October 10 – 24, 2022 Anxious to check out east Tennessee, we made reservations at Dumplin Valley Farm RV Park located outside of Kodak, Tennessee.  This was a pretty unique RV park in that it had clearly been a pasture not so many years ago!  The charming farm house at the entrance to the campground welcomed us and, on our way to our campsite, we drove past the barn and silos!  It really was a nice set up.  We had a full hookup site and actually loved having full sun shine on our camper and warm it up a bit after the chilly nights.  Nighttime temperatures dropped into the low 30’s on several occasions.  Daytime high temperatures ranged from the mid 50’s to upper 70’s during our stay.  I loved the heart shaped rock in the farm house chimney! Knoxville was only 20 miles from the campground and proved really fun to explore!  In 1982, Knoxville hosted the World’s Fair.  Today, one of the few remaining structures in World’s Fair Park is t...