Home for the Holidays

We are in our hometown of Nashville for the holiday season. We arrived yesterday about mid afternoon after a very nice ride from Frankfort, KY. Needless to say, we are glad to be home and are anxious to see everybody—family as well as friends.

We got a late start from the ghost and goblin infested campground in Frankfort. On travel days we normally shoot for a departure time of about 8 AM. That gets us in camp and set up by early afternoon. The campground was so full of campers, cars, and kids that we were unable to achieve that goal. The truck in the campsite across from us was too close to the road for us to be able to pull forward sufficiently to avoid hitting the tree next to us. We were not in such a hurry that we wanted to disturb their sleeping in, so we patiently waited to see movement about the camp. When they did crawl out of bed and out of the camper, the guy was very happy to move his truck. However, to his dismay as well as ours, he had a dead battery. Luckily, his father was camped next door and they took off to purchase a new battery. In the end, it was almost 11 AM before we were able to pull away. The roads were good, the traffic was light, with 4 lanes all the way, and gaining an hour, we made excellent time. In fact, I don’t think I have ever seen traffic so light in the Nashville area in a very long time. Now we are parked on Music Valley Drive with Camping World on one side and the Montana dealership on the other. Life is good!!

We will not be staying here long, however. Wednesday we have a service appointment scheduled for the Montana and after that we will move up the road a few miles to Joelton at a campground off I-24. That location, though farther out of Nashville, is actually more convenient for the places we go and the people we see than here on Music Valley Drive. Plus, they have a monthly rate far cheaper than this.

Our goal for the next 2 months is to visit with family and friends. Along with that, I hope to be able to work on my family history some. We may see trips to the state Archives and ventures down dirt roads in Hickman County. My family has some stories to tell which I would like to share. It should be fun. I’m looking forward to it.

Yes, Gene has been to Camping World twice already and we went over to look at the new Montana’s. They are nice, but I still like mine as well as any they have on the lot. Gene’s sigh of relief was audible.

We got started on chores today and that will continue tomorrow. Then we are having dinner with our daughter and son-in-law. We are really excited to see them.