We got ELECTRIC/Lorreta Lynn Ranch/Savannah Tn.

Thur.  we stayed at Jens they scheduled the part for Fri. Jen called and said she had free tickets to the Titian's vs. Saints.  We had free parking next to the field and great seats around the thirty yard line.  We took Katie with us because Chris and Mackenzie had practice.

Fri. after Cracker Barrel we went to Camping World to encourage them to get our unit done.  Our appt. was 9:30 it was to take a couple of hours but we did not leave till 4:00 but it was done YEA. We got a campsite at Nashville camping rv park which was there last one.  We went to Jen to get some of our stuff. Sat. after getting our bikes  on the back of the 5th wheel and making sure everything was working we went to Jens for dinner,cards and the rest of our stuff.  Kari, Addy and Stephen come over also and Jen was the winner in golf.

 Sun. we left after Church to go to Loretta Lynn's Ranch.  It rained in the morning but we managed to leave and when we got to the camp site we had to wait for the rain to stop. We drove around and found Loretta's home.They also were having a large horse show going on.

 

 Mon. We drove into Waverly and found the town closed except for Walmart.  We then came back and drove around Loretta's ranch. She has her home and a sawmill, an what a coal mine would be like and a museum. That night they were having a concert where the horse show was taken place.  Linda and I went and listened to some of the singers and danced a little. It was a great night.



  

 

 

 

Tues. We drove to Jackson Tn. ate at a buffet at Casey Jones railroad and museum. It nice to see American hero. Casey was an engineer that came around a corner to see a train stopped on his tracks.  He told his Pullman to jump and he stayed to stop the train.  When it hit he lost his life but saved all his passengers. After a long day we got to Green Acres RV Park in Savannah Tn. Linda went for a swim and we later watched a movie we rented.

 

 

 

Wed. Our trip to Shiloh Battlefield April 6-7 1862

 

Union Dress

Confederate Dress

Memorial to the Confederate

this is one of the many memorials to the leaders of the Union Army

as we went thru the park here is one of the many lines the two sides held on the 6th

This is inside the Shilok Church where the name of the battle came from

 

 

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is the church that was built after the war. As you can see it was started twice because of lack of funds

This is a memorial to the men from Mn.

This is where the Union army got surrended and captured it is called the Hornets nest because of the bullets coming from so many directions and they buzzed like bees. 2100 Union soldiers were captured.

These 2 pictures tell where the confederate soldiers  were buried.

 

dedicated to the men who fought from Tn.

 

 

 Called Bloody  Pond.  During the battle soldiers of both sides came here to drink and bathe their wounds.  Both men and horses died at the pond their blood staining the water.

 The next three pictures are of the indian mounds found at Shiloh. They where there about 800 years ago.On top of the mounds is where the villages were and the round mounds is where they buried there dead.

 

 The next three pictures are of the dam at Pickwick Landing. It was one of the largest we've seen

The next two pictures are of a unique little store and a place for church worship

Service at Camping World/Katie's Baptized

Thur. we got up and drove to Nashville  to camping world. It was a very long day.  We are having to get the manager involved and they are trying to be an advocate in finding out who is paying for what.  We had to empty the frig.as we can not live in it and the battery is not going to be able to stay charged.  Unfortunately this is going to be a long drawn out process.  Our patience is being tested.  We should be thankful we have a daughter who doesn't live to far from Camping World as We probably need to sit there so they don't forget we're homeless and to stay on top of things.
Fri. We are back at camping world at 9 am and we are now waiting on responses from warranty on the parts and our ins. By noon we felt we got them to order the part so we wont find out till Mon. We left there to go to our financial advisor and Then went to close a safety deposit box at one bank and open one at another. Sat. after a huge breakfast we took Mackenzie to softball practice. Chris is the head coach and has two asst. coaches. Chris and I worked to get his pool pump working (well he worked and I was the go fetch person) and the girls made cupcakes. Sun. we went to church met Kari, Steven and Addy and we all watched as Chris Baptized Katie. What a privilege to witness that!!!! We came home and made home made pizza and ate our cupcakes. 

 

 

 

Mon. We went to the toe Dr. and he said that my toe was infected under the toe nail and said the best would be to take the nail off.  After being very scared and Linda holding my hand I had it removed.  He said it would take a year for it to grow out. We made another trip to Camping World for the reel Co. charged our account and we have not heard from the extended warranty if they are covering the labor. Yea after sitting at camping world all afternoon we finally got the approval from ins. co to pay the labor!!!!!! 

  

Tues. This afternoon we took off the bandages and it looks like I have red fingernail polish on my toe but it does sting a little. Now all I have to do is put a large band aid on it. We found that our part will be coming Wed. but now they can not get to us until Fri. morning. When the girls got home Linda helped them with their homework.We bought our bike rack for the rear of the truck. We found Tn has nice sunsets also.

 

 

 

Wed. We went to Camping World to make sure they had the right part.  With the UPS tracking we  knew it was there.  We also got the bike rack for the rear of the 5th wheel.  We had to get a spacer for the rear of the truck and found we could not use the lock till we make the hole on the bike rack bigger.  We will nut and bolt it till we get that done.

 

 



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.

Clarksville and Hohenwald Tn.

Thur. Linda made fried potatoes and eggs with sausage and bacon and left over waffles for breakfast.  Then we took all the used drink bottles, boxes, and other stuff that we have used so far and the kids made a project out of them. We were not able to swim because the pool was closed. We then had a cupcake eating contest.

Fri. We got up and went to Nashville.  We went to the Mynsters, then our financial advisor, went to see the park we worked at last year, two banks and saw the Williams.  When we got to Clarksville we went to the Alvarez's, made two walls for Lilimarie's doll house. Then got a pizza and watched "The Lorax" Sat. we went to the Army Base to see the Air Show.  They had lots of their planes and helicopters out on display.  They even had a  air assault and rescue at dawn demonstration deployment  and showed how they would capture an enemy. .  They must have used  20 helicopters doing different things.  They also had a team that parachutes and did different stunts on the way down. The thing they liked the most was geering up and going down the wall.

Sun. After church we went back to the camp and had a picnic and a swim. Later we meet Shannnon and Al at Sams got some some supplies and had pizza. When we got back we cleaned and got the camper ready to move. Mon. The Lord blessed us with another great move to Hohenwald to Natchez Trace. The KOA-Thousand Trails campgrpund is old and secluded.  Aftrer lunch we were honered with Jim and Lana Perkins to come and visit and stay a couple of nights. We played cards, ate then more cards and food.  Tues. after a early breakfast we played more cards then drove to Lawrenceburg. It is a small town we had lunch then went home. To this point the guys were winning most of the card games. After dinner and a small walk the girls started to win some of the games. Wed. Jim and Lana left for N.C. We were so happy they came and we had a great visit with them.  We hope to visit with them again soon.