Tennessee Time

We headed into Tennessee on the 22nd of September, driving 160 miles to Parkers Crossroads RV Park. It was a nice little place in Yuma - but it was another one of those places that we stayed simply because they were on the way to another destination. We only stayed two nights and then hit the road again on the 24th another 116 miles to Nashville.

There's a chain of RV resorts called "Yogi Bear's Jellystone Parks" that we haven't stayed at because they are just overpriced. I found a "50% off your stay coupon" though, so we stayed at the Nashville Jellystone.

We had dinner at a fun little place called the Opry Backstage Grill. They have live music every night! The night we ate there was a band of young musicians that did some fun countrified covers of new music - my favorite was Uptown Funk. I tried to get a good video, but between the servers walking back and forth and Hudson talking away, it didn't turn out.

We lucked out and were in town for the Tennessee Arts and Crafts Fair - which is only held twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall. There was so much to see. I wanted to buy something at almost every single stand.

I want them ALL!

NOM NOM NOM

Down the road from the RV park was a restaurant called Cock of the Walk. I can't lie, we went there solely based on the name. It was a cute place - the seating in the waiting area was all rocking chairs and the wait staff all wore country outfits.

Rock on

The food though? I honestly didn't know what half it was. After ordering the waitress told us she'd bring our "fixin's" right out.

I'm thinking rolls, maybe?

But no, it was ... this stuff:

Am I supposed to EAT this?

I managed to choke down some of the green stuff (which was "greens and beans" apparently). But the pickled onion and coleslaw-ish thing? No thank you.

September 27th we headed 192 miles over to Heiskell which is just outside of Knoville. We stayed at the Raccoon Valley RV Park, an Escapees RV Club park. The people were really friendly - they even had a little ice cream social just after we checked in.We only stayed there until the 30th, but we did a little sight seeing around Knoxville.

Tennessee State Capitol

Church Street United Methodist Church

If you're ever in Knoxville I recommend a drive through the Old Gray Cemetery. We had planned on walking through and looking at the gravestones. Until we got there and realized that the entire area surrounding it was homeless shelters. There were questionable looking characters all over the place. It was still nice to drive through though.

I see dead people