The Two RV Gypsies: Full-Time RVers
in Lake City, Tennessee and at Norris Dam
July 5 and July 6, 2011
The two RV Gypsies stayed at Mountain Lake Marina and RV Resort in Lake City, TN. They had a very limited amount of TV stations, and no WI-FI except at the lodge. But there was a nice salt-water pool. The Recreation hall was closed.
Hey campgrounds - this is summer time - where's the amenities????
The trash bins were over-flowing and trash was all over the ground. Pigs must have camped there over the holiday week-end.
The new yard of
the two RV Gypsies
Alex Jones by the Recreation hall -
which was closed
The new yard of
Alex by the Rec hall
Below: The salt-water swimming pool
Below: The children's wading pool
The salt-water swimming pool
the childrens wading pool
Below: A steep hill leading down to Mountain Lake Marina where the two RV Gypsies grandson, Alex looked for rocks to skip in the water.
A steep hill leading down to Mountain Lake Marina
Mountain Lake Marina
Below: Mountain Lake Marina
Mountain Lake Marina
Mountain Lake Marina
Mountain Lake Marina
Mountain Lake Marina
Below: A traffic light at a secured house boat
Below: A water slide in the background
a traffic light at a secured house boat
water slide
Below: A resident at the marina posed for photographs of her and her pet bird.
lady and a bird
lady and a bird
Below: The nearby Norris Dam
sign at Norris Dam
Norris Dam
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
"Norris Dam is a hydroelectric and flood control structure located on the Clinch River in Anderson County and Campbell County, Tennessee, USA. Its construction in the mid-1930s was the first major project for the Tennessee Valley Authority, which had been created in 1933 to bring economic development to the region and control the rampant flooding that had long plagued the Tennessee Valley. The dam was named in honor of Nebraska Senator George Norris (1861-1944), a longtime supporter of government-owned power in general, and supporter of TVA in particular."

Norris Dam is a straight concrete gravity-type dam. The dam is 1860 feet long and 265 feet high. Norris Lake, the largest reservoir on a tributary of the Tennessee River, has 33,840 acres of water surface and 809 miles of shoreline. The dam has a maximum generating capacity of 131,400 kilowatts.

Norris Dam
Norris Dam
Unfortunately Karen Duquette was feeling a bit ill, so they had to return to the RV. Lee and Alex then went to the store, and when they returned, they went to the pool for awhile. Later, Karen went to the pool too, but she still was not feeling very well. It rained on and off all evening so there was not much to do.

The next day, Karen was still not feeling much better. She was still sleeping when Lee and Alex went to the pool. Then it rained really hard and the thunder was so loud it made everyone jump. So it was not a very exciting day. But at least Alex got some time in the pool. After all, this trip was really all about Alex having a good time.

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