Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park

BIG SANDY UNIT – TENNESSEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

Day 206 – Last night was scary – there was a pack of coyotes very near the campground and their howling so close to us was creepy. Freaked the cats out, too. Much colder today, but gorgeous out. Sunny and a high of 50 degrees. We spent the entire day slowly driving the various roads throughout the several sections within the Big Sandy Unit of the TN NWR.

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DUCK RIVER UNIT – TENNESSEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

Day 205 – It was around 50 degrees this morning when we got up, cloudy. A front is coming through & it will be warm today, rain tonight, and tomorrow should be sunny & beautiful. Today we’ll go to the Tennessee NWR Unit closest to the campground, Duck River. There hasn’t been much information about this Unit, so we don’t know what we’ll find. It’s primarily for hunting and fishing. The Unit farthest south is fairly unaccessible, so we’re confining our visits to Duck River today and the much larger Big Sandy Unit with its new Visitor’s Center and lots to do, all day tomorrow; it is located about an hour north of our campground.

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Day 204 – Beginning of Week 30. Rained during the night, 40 degrees and cloudy at 8 a.m. this morning. We sat around in the RV catching up on some things online. It rained a little bit here & there. We had chores to do, and since it was supposed to rain most of the day, we headed to the closest town of any size, Camden, TN.  First priority – coffee beans – we were almost out and this could be critical. We had to do laundry, one of our least favorite chores, but the laundromat we found was located next door to a Pizza Hut – that made it better. Then off to get gas in the Honda and to buy a few items, including the coffee beans, at Walmart.

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