A Peaceful COE CG & one Random Thought

 Lock A Corps of Engineers Campground; about an hour west of Nashville, Tennessee

This post will be more of a campground review with lots of pictures than exploring the area. My stay was for three days and I only left the campground to get a few prescriptions filled at Walmart. They did a great job again and had them filled within an hour. Walmart is great for travelers, they are my pharmacy, bank, rest stop, fast food, groceries, auto parts, etc. I may have pushed my luck though by asking the pretty red-head if she worked there, but when she turned around, Yikes, I quickly said never-mind and quickly walked away. While they were filling the scripts, I had time to do my laundry and eat lunch at Taco Bell although I didn't have a reservation. I was lucky, I guess, although I did have to take my own order on one of those kiosk things.

Typical middle Tennessee 

A nice view about 10 miles from the campground showing the hills and the Cumberland River.

The campground is straight ahead. You can tell it is going to be a good one by the nice approach. Good vibe campground.

Nice campsite. I didn't try to hook up Starlink since Verizon was giving me a decent signal. That's one of the other R-pods in the background.

I've lost count of the number of COE campgrounds I've been to, but a nice estimate and round number would be about 100. This campground is ranked in the top15. It gets high numbers for peacefullness, great camp hosts and nice fellow campers. It would be nice if there were some nearby exploration items, but it is a nice and relaxing campground. The dump station doesn't look too good, so I'll wait and use the one at the next campground. I'm glad I stopped here even though my backing into the campsite was a little hinky. But there wasn't any damage to Freedom, Liberty or government property so it was a lesson learned. I will GOAL (Get Out And Look) quicker next time.

Comfortable thinking bench with shade and a view.

The Cumberland is a nice looking river. The lock and dam is about 3 miles that a way.

This is the trail I was told about on the last day. It was a nice walk.

I found these "peace rocks" on the rail of the fence as you come back to the road from the trail. They look familiar but I'm real sure she isn't traveling any more. 

There were also two other R-Pods in the campground. That is unusual. I met both sets of owners and both were nice people. One was local and the others were travelers, like me. Safe travels and have fun.

Hydro-electric powerhouse on the left, gates in the middle and lock on the right. I was surprised how short the guide wall was to the lock. 

Picnic with a view anyone?

Random Thought: The other day, my thinking ring was silver and instead of one word, I had two. They were like yin and yang words. The two were "Loyalty" and "Betrayal". One of the things I thought about was, "Can a person truly appreciate loyalty if they've never been betrayed"?

Tomorrow is moving day and I'll be headed to another COE campground just a little bit east of Nashville.

Ya'll take care of each other. Maybe I'll Cya down the road.