Campground Photos

Tuesday morning we realized we hadn't taken any photos of our campsite here at Hidden Cove, so Mike took some that afternoon.

From Arley, Alabama

From Arley, Alabama

We are right across from the campground's play ground and the building in the background is the bathroom and laundry. The bathrooms are clean

Breakfast at Chef Troy's & the Old Houston Jail

Sunday when we checked in at Hidden Cove Outdoor Resort, Susan recommended Chef Troy's Talk of the Town Restaurant in Houston for breakfast and gave us a copy of their menu. So on Monday morning we drove 11 miles north to Houston and arrived at the restaurant a little after 9:00.

From Houston, Alabama

There were only a few people in the restaurant that late in the morning, so we had no problem in finding an empty booth. We both ordered the Denver Omelet (grilled onions, peppers, ham, tomato, bacon, sausage, Jack & cheddar cheeses) with a biscuit ($6.99 ea) and Mike also ordered a full stack (3) of pancakes ($4.29). The pancakes were so big

Mt. Juliet, TN to Arley, AL

It was overcast and in the mid-60's when we got up this morning. According to the weather radar thunderstorms were heading towards Nashville later this morning, so we started breaking camp a little sooner than we normally would. Since we were parked near the campground exit and would have to drive back around through the campground to go to the dump station, we decided to not empty our holding tanks. We hadn't used that much water during our stay here and a lot of RVs were leaving this morning and there was probably a line of RVs waiting to use the dump station.

We left Cedar Creek Campground at 10:00 and drove 11 miles south to I-40 and then south on I-24 to I-440 west and then south on I-65. The trees are beginning to get their fall colors and took this photo on I-65.

From Mt. Juliet to Arley

We crossed the Tennessee state line into Alabama at noon and stopped at the Alabama Welcome Center at Ardmore a couple of minutes later. You can't miss noticing the Welcome Center because of the Saturn 1B rocket at the entrance to the welcome center.

From Mt. Juliet to Arley

We pulled into the dump station at the welcome center and emptied our holding tanks

From Mt. Juliet to Arley

and then parked

Antique Archaeology & Tennessee State Museum

We drove the 24 miles into Nashville this morning

From Nashville

and passed by the Old Customs House.

From Nashville

We arrived at the Marathon Motor Car building at noon and there was a line of people waiting to go into the Antique Archaeology store.

From Antique Archaeology, Nashville

There was a doorman out front letting people in to the store a few at a time and after about a 10 minute wait it was our turn to go in. The doorman took our photo in front of the store before we went in.

From Antique Archaeology, Nashville

Visit to the Wilson County Archives in Lebanon

Thursday morning I gathered up our laundry and drove 8 miles south to the laundromat in Hermitage. It's a large laundromat and there were only a few people there when I got there.
The regular washers cost $2.25 a load and the dryers cost 50¢ for 8 minutes. It cost $16 to wash and dry the 4 loads of laundry I had.

There was a Kroger grocery store in the same shopping plaza as the laundromat and I stopped in there to get a few groceries before driving back to the campground.

I spent the rest of Thursday going through the genealogical notes I made Wednesday at the library and I made a list of documents and records I needed to search for today when I went to Lebanon.

We had a good hard rain last night and it woke both of us up a couple of times last night. I set the alarm for 7:00 last night because I wanted to get an early start this morning. It was 57° and just lightly raining when I got up this morning.

I left the campground this morning at 8:15 and drove 18 miles to visit the Wilson County Archives in Lebanon and arrived there a little after 9:00.

From Lebanon, TN

I met Thomas E. Partlow when I entered the Archives and told him the families and the time frame I was researching. Thomas is a co-director

Lunch & Genealogy Research in Mt Juliet

It was 57° this morning when we got up. We took Tinker for a walk around the campground this morning

From Cedar Creek Campground

and saw this Great Blue Heron standing on the lake shore.

From Cedar Creek Campground

There is a young family in the campsite across from us and we stopped to ask them about their travel trailer - a 1963 Shasta - really neat looking.

From Cedar Creek Campground

We left the campground at 11:30 and drove 9 miles south to Mount Juliet

Fort Campbell to Cedar Creek Campground

It was 41° when we got up this morning and with the wind chill it felt like 39°. Since we didn't have far to travel today and check-out time is noon, we took our time breaking camp. We left Fletcher's Fork Campground at 11:30 and drove east to I-24. We drove south on I-24, crossed the Red River

From Ft Campbell to Cedar Creek Campground

and headed towards Nashville.

From Ft Campbell to Cedar Creek Campground

We exited I-24 at exit 40 and drove east on TN-45 and stopped at a Wal-Mart Neighborhood Store at Madison to fix lunch at 12:30. After lunch I went into Wal-Mart to buy a few items and paid with our debit card so I could get some cash.

We left Wal-Mart at 1:15 and continued east on TN-45 to Shute Lane and then north on Saundersville Road near Old Hickory Lake.

From Ft Campbell to Cedar Creek Campground

We drove about 7 miles east on Saundersville Road through several