Day 198 – Rob has THE COLD. It’s not bad yet, but I know what’s coming. It’s finally stopped raining and warmed up. This morning there were 3 horses eating grass right outside our RV. There’s usually a bunch of horses in the field nearby but somehow there was an inventive horse that let his friends out through the gate. Worried that they might scatter farther and get hurt, Rob called the campground owner & told him. Eventually the owner meandered out and tried to lead the stubborn animals back to their own grassy fields. They wanted no part of it. He shrugged his shoulders and gave up.
Horses snuck into the campground, Site 37, Singing Hills RV Par, Cave City, KY
Horses snuck into the campground, Site 37, Singing Hills RV Par, Cave City, KY
This has been a good campground for hunkering down in the rain, and it was a good place for me to work on starting to get better. Before Rob gets worse, we’ll be heading out to our next campground and settling in there until we’re both fully able to do what we want to do. We’re driving to another independent campground, this time in Tennessee, hoping to have good luck in finding a quiet place.
123 miles
Singing Hills RV Park & Campground, 4110 Mammoth Cave Road, Cave City, KY 42127, (270) 773-3789, www.singinghillsrvpark.com. Check-out time is 11 a.m. This independent campground is located near Mammoth Caves National Park in a scenic area with farmlands and rolling hills, not far from Bowling Green, KY. They can accommodate 26 RV’s with up to 65′ pads. There are several rows of campsites fairly close together. A few campsites are more off to themselves. We had site #37, a wonderful site off by itself on a hill; it was probably their biggest campsite also. Sites come with full hook-ups, there is a dump station & dumpster, a bath house, and a small pond for fishing. Sites #21 and 20 sit right on the pond but are not as large and private as site #37. The owners are wonderful and do everything they can possibly do to make your stay perfect. It was $40 per night, but with Passport America, we were charged $20 per night for the first two nights and $30 for the third night. A bargain. The only issue was the barking dogs. You are out in farm country & there’s lots of dogs, plus practically everyone camping had a dog. But it was raining and cold so our windows remained closed. The dogs were not an issue. We would definitely stay here again IF we could get sites #21 or preferably, #37.
We departed Cave City, KY at 10:50 a.m. after dumping tanks & refilling the fresh water tank. It was 55 degrees, windy and cloudy, but NOT raining. The GPS took us on a journey of many routes as follows: 70 east to 65 south to William H. Natcher Parkway west to Exit 7, US 68 south to KY3240 west to 79 southwest, crossing over to TN, to 48/13 to the 149 to the 434 to 1570 Cumberland City Road, Cumberland City, TN. None of these roads were dirt roads, LOL.
The drive was pretty. Lots of green rolling hills, farmlands, one major city (Clarksville) but mostly small towns, I took some pictures, hadn’t been feeling up to it for a bit. I was feeling better, Rob was beginning to feel worse. Our destination was another independent campground which was situated right beside Cross Creeks National Wildlife Refuge. On the way through Clarksville, we cross the meandering, lovely Cumberland River which is an important part of several NWR’s around here.
We arrived at Elk Harbor Lakeside Campground at 1:35 p.m. It was a breezy 69 degrees out, warm and partly cloudy. We opened all our windows. Awesome. The campground is bordering the NWR and on the River. There are about 70 campsites, some of them without power (the campground was recently sold after three years of no usage & some of the sites are still being upgraded). Nevertheless, it was just what the doctor ordered. We picked site #3 on the row next to the NWR boundary. Full hook-ups, large campsites, very quiet. We booked 3 nights at $30 each. There is a cafe and campstore on the premises. The cafe serves a wide range of meat and even has “Meat Bingo” on Wednesday nights for the community. Um, we probably won’t be eating there.
We unpacked, the girls liked it right away, particularly the open windows finally with the fresh air blowing in. THE COLD is taking over Rob now. It is time for him to relax. Meanwhile I bothered everyone by taking pictures of the kitties and Rob’s feet.
Java relaxing
Java
Gracie