Loretta Lyn's Plantation House.
Sue at the Rock Memorial of Patsy Cline's Fatal Plane Crash Site.Rennie, James, and James' son Charlie joined us on Thursday afternoon. We had moved our boats to Cypress Creek which was only 30 river miles from our anchorage at Duncan Bay. All three boats left on Saturday for Pebble Isle. We enjoyed our time at Pebble Isle. The people were really nice. Their restaurant was yummy ( they have a large grill outside in a covered screen room where they prepare the best smelling hamburgers and steaks. The scent lures you in like a fish to a hook.) They also have a decent courtesy car that you can use in two hour increments.
On Saturday, we made an executive decision to stay at Pebble Isle until Monday morning. Rennie and James left on Saturday without us. Norm, Sue, John, and I borrowed the car and went to Walmart for a few groceries. Along the way, we passed a sign that said the Patsy Cline Airplane Crash site was 3 miles down this one road. So, John humored Sue and me and drove to the crash site. It was down a pretty big hill and all that was there was a large rock with the date and names of the people who died in the crash. There was a little cross and flowers beside it, like you might see along the highway where someone has died in a wreck. Norm and John were NOT impressed. Sue and I took pictures which I will post when we get somewhere with WIFI.
Sunday Sue and I reserved the courtesy car back to back, so we could have it for four hours. We went to Waverly, to the Loretta Lyn Plantation and Museum. We used the GPS to find our way and the road it told us to take was closed. After that, poor Martha (the GPS) got all besmuckfuddled and took us along one lane gravel roads that turned out to be driveways. We found ourselves in front of a farmer's house where we decided to pull over and call the museum. The farmer came down to our car. I told him we were lost. He said, "Are you trying to get to Loretta Lyn's?" I told him we were. He said, "I bet you used your GPS. It happens all the time." So, he told us how to get there. It was well worth the trip although it took us 1/2 hour longer to get there than it should have. We could have spent another 3 or 4 hours there, but we had to have the car back at 2:00. We had a good time.
This morning we left Pebble Isle. We cruised to Beech Creek Island where we dropped anchor for the night. The Tennessee River is so picturesque. We saw deer on an island that's only visible because the water is low. We saw a dirigible, probably coming from covering a football game yesterday. There aren't many houses along today's stretch, but the ones that are here are nice to look at. It seems strange that out here I can get online when I couldn't at Pebble Isle. Everything is fine and dandy.
On Saturday, we made an executive decision to stay at Pebble Isle until Monday morning. Rennie and James left on Saturday without us. Norm, Sue, John, and I borrowed the car and went to Walmart for a few groceries. Along the way, we passed a sign that said the Patsy Cline Airplane Crash site was 3 miles down this one road. So, John humored Sue and me and drove to the crash site. It was down a pretty big hill and all that was there was a large rock with the date and names of the people who died in the crash. There was a little cross and flowers beside it, like you might see along the highway where someone has died in a wreck. Norm and John were NOT impressed. Sue and I took pictures which I will post when we get somewhere with WIFI.
Sunday Sue and I reserved the courtesy car back to back, so we could have it for four hours. We went to Waverly, to the Loretta Lyn Plantation and Museum. We used the GPS to find our way and the road it told us to take was closed. After that, poor Martha (the GPS) got all besmuckfuddled and took us along one lane gravel roads that turned out to be driveways. We found ourselves in front of a farmer's house where we decided to pull over and call the museum. The farmer came down to our car. I told him we were lost. He said, "Are you trying to get to Loretta Lyn's?" I told him we were. He said, "I bet you used your GPS. It happens all the time." So, he told us how to get there. It was well worth the trip although it took us 1/2 hour longer to get there than it should have. We could have spent another 3 or 4 hours there, but we had to have the car back at 2:00. We had a good time.
This morning we left Pebble Isle. We cruised to Beech Creek Island where we dropped anchor for the night. The Tennessee River is so picturesque. We saw deer on an island that's only visible because the water is low. We saw a dirigible, probably coming from covering a football game yesterday. There aren't many houses along today's stretch, but the ones that are here are nice to look at. It seems strange that out here I can get online when I couldn't at Pebble Isle. Everything is fine and dandy.
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