Hohenwald Tn.no electic

Thur. we stayed at the park got the truck and 5th wheel washed, Then while we did laundry we brought our chairs down to the river and read.  Very relaxing. We went through a big storm with a lot of lightning.

Fri. our electric quit working at around 4:30 pm. We called Heartland to see what to do and they said they were closing at 5pm and to have the Rangers check out the voltage and if that didn't work call someone to come see what the problem was. Well we called the only person that does calls in this remote area and he really just does minor repairs but we were blessed with alot of people coming over to see what was going on. We believe God put a retired elec. to help this guy we were paying to fine the cause. Our power reel had burnt the entire way thru the neutral wire. We are very blessed he said that the rig did not start on fire. The only way that could have burnt was when they assembled it they never tighted down a screw causing a loose wire and it took a year for it to burn all the way thru. Of course its fri. nite and we have no electricity and everything is closed the weekend. Thank goodness its only suppose to be in the low 80's!!! Great neighbors have loaned us a cord an we had to go to Walmart and get a converter that converts 30 amps to 20. We are still trying to stay positive and pray that its covered under warranty. So last nite we slept with no elec. and the cord thru the window allowed us to have our little fan on!!!!!!

  Sat. We went on the North Lawrence Scenic Tour. We went to Lawrenceburg ate lunch and did some shopping at of course Wal-Mart then headed to Ethridge an Amish community. At The Red Rooster we had a cake with peanut butter topping and ice cream (fresh hot out of the oven and homemade ice cream yum yum). Drove 20 miles in the Amish area then off to Summertown on  the way stopped at Shaffer butcher shop and bar-b-q.  They had the best brisket we have ever had (next time trying their ribs!!!).  Their baked beans and potato were wonderful and for dessert we had a Japanese fruit pie and bourbon peanut brittle(everything homemade).  At Henryville (originally Pennington a person who made the first air plane and probably after death wife sold to the Wright Brothers) we were to get some fresh blueberries but in May they had a freeze and lost the whole crop.

Sun. we got up early and drove to Franklin Tn. to go to church with Matt and Shannon Kidder(childhood friend of Jennifers at our old church) then we meet Jen and family for lunch to celebrate Linda's birthday. We walked around the Coolspring Mall with them after they left we went looking for new bikes.

 

 Mon. we spent the morning finding out where to get our unit fixed at.  We will be leaving here and going to camping world  in Nashville on Thurs. to have it evaluated.

Tues.we went to David Crockett State Park. The park was full of wild life, deer, squirells, geese and more. We drove thru two campgrounds, scout camp, went and excerised at a senior exercise course. We also saw a small water falls, covered bridge, water wheel, swimming pool, restaurant, lake, and many hiking and bike trails. We found out the restaurant was closed on Mon. and Tues. so we went to town and ate. While there we found our bikes, a new seat, and lock!! Thanks to my dad who gave us money toward them. After dinner we went with our neighbors Dale and Linda on a bike ride then for the second night we played cards with them. Wed. we washed the truck, clothes, and inside the 5th wheele. We got all we could get done in ready to leave.