Defeated Creek, Tennessee

Our time is rapidly winding down on our stay at this beautiful campground. Tomorrow we will leave here and head west toward KS…

We have had such a great time here with old friends, and new friends that we have just met..

Last Monday night we sat around the campfire and had the pleasure of listening to some great music from the Hackett brothers. The music was awesome and the time spent with friends was great.

Tuesday, the girls took time for a Girls Day Out while the men stayed at the campground smoking ribs for dinner. We did a little shopping and had lunch at The Olive Garden…yummy!

Most of our time here at the campground has been spent just relaxing…

Wednesday, I made a trip to the doctor here. I twisted my knee a couple of times while we were in Indiana and it just doesn’t want to heal. I slipped off the steps of the RV and twisted it again pretty bad. So I went to see Dr Kim and she gave me a shot in my knee and some other medication and then off to the hospital for an X-Ray. She said I needed and MRI but decided to wait on it until I get back to Garnett. She thinks I have  pulled or torn Ligaments or a torn Meniscus. Fun, Fun…so I have been hobbling around for several days.

Thursday, part of our group rand over to Cookeville to get a few things at Sam’s Club. Mac & I were going to fix Fajitas on Friday night for the group. While we were there we mad a stop at a Chinese Buffet…OMG, it was so good!!

 

Here is some of the scenery on the way back…

my newest barn photo

and a Buffalo…

and sculptures made by Kudzu Ivy..this was transplanted here to counteract

the erosion…

More trees…they are changing colors fast and are starting to drop their leaves

Friday evening everyone gathered around our RV for Fajitas…they were yummy!!

Saturday we just hung out again…with another campfire

Sunday, we had decided we were going to Lebanon, TN to Cracker Barrel for dinner. Lebanon was where the first Cracker Barrel was. It is no longer there, but we ate in the #2 Cracker Barrel. The food was great but the friends and conversation were priceless!

Kathy & Chuck

Ken & Cindy

Sandy & John

Lisa & Rick

Arlene & Donna

Tez

Tony

Netters & Mac

Monday, we played Hand & Foot with some of our group, and then grilled Hamburgers and Brats. We had to have another campfire to sit around…lol. This place just makes you want to stay forever!

Today, Paul & Mary left us to travel to Forest City, IA. I’m sure we will again play Hand & Foot and then we will have an easy dinner of sandwiches and sides…Probably our last campfire here at Defeated for this year as most of us will leave in the morning, traveling in all different directions.

We have had such a wonderful time here in TN and our hosts, Tony & Lisa have bee great showing us around and making our time here great. Thank you so much Tony & Lisa!! We will miss them terribly when we pull out tomorrow morning, but we have already started on plans to return here next October for another gathering!!

Stay tuned for more adventures…

(((HUGS)))

Relaxing at Defeated with Friends

We have had such a relaxing time here at Defeated Creek with our friends. This place just makes you want to sit back and do nothing…and we have done a lot of that the last few days.

Other than Happy Hours and a couple of Grill-outs we have done a lot of nothing.

Friday, we just hung out because we had planned to cook Hamburgers for dinner since John & Sandy were due to arrive. We were anxious to meet them in person. We had a great dinner with friends, old and new.

John & Sandy

Doug & JoAnn

Mac & Rick

The sunsets here at Defeated are amazing overlooking the lake.

Saturday, Tony came over and asked us if we would like to take a drive with them…he wouldn’t tell us where, just that I needed to take my camera…LOL. Like I would go anywhere here without it!

We took several back roads and ended up at The Amish Store! Even in Kentucky there are Amish Stores….and yes I mean Kentucky…we crossed the state line back a ways…Mac took photos of Rick while Lisa and I did a little shopping. We bought Apples, Peach Bread, Blackberry Butter…not sure what all Lisa bought, but it looked like a lot of things.

After we left the Amish Store we headed back toward Defeated and stopped at Harper’s Restaurant.

Tony & Lisa had a Catfish Dinner and Mac & I had the Shrimp Dinner. It was very good and the place was packed.It’s amazing how you can find these out of the way places and the food is so good!

We passed many barns filled with hanging Tobacco and hills with trees just beginning to change colors.

 

We also passed a T-Pee complete with horses, a couple of cabins, a covered bridge, and Halloween decorations…

An amazing day with friends! We made it back to the campground just in time for Happy Hour!! We had a great visit with friends and then sat around the campfire and made s’mores  before finally calling it a night.

Today, Chuck & Kathy, Nolan & Donna and Don & Jenny will arrive. We have planned to just grill Hot Dogs, Brats and Sausages for dinner so they won’t have to worry about dinner.

Things will be picking up around here now! We only have one more couple to arrive…Ken & Cindy will be here on Wednesday.

Monday we have a Happy Hour planned with all the friends here and Darrel & Judy coming from Lebanon and Larry & Melissa coming from over by Nashville to join us.

Stay tuned for more adventures!!

(((HUGS)))

Defeated Creek COE , Carthage, TN

We left Grandma’s RV Park about 10:15am on Wednesday heading toward TN.

Kevin & Arlene were traveling with us.

My obsessive barn photo…

Beautiful country….I love it here

We arrived at Defeated Creek COE Wednesday about 1:30 and started getting all set up. There was a problem with Kevin & Arlene’s site so they couldn’t pull in and set up. I won’t go in to the details of that…I will let her tell ya’ll the story..lol

This park is wonderful! We loved it back in July and I think it is even better now. The trees are just starting to change colors and our site backs up to the lake for a wonderful view.

I have only taken one photo here so far, but it sure tells the beauty of this place…

We just wanted to let everyone know that we are here and will stay until October 20th. Then we will make our way back to Garnett to see the kids and grandkids…also for a few doctor’s appointment and some tests that need to be done.

We enjoyed a nice Happy Hour and dinner on Wednesday evening with Kevin & Arlene, Tony & Lisa, Paul & Mary, Jim & Ellie, Doug & JoAnn, Ben & Rebbie, Freddie & his wife(sorry her name escapes me right now). We caught up on all the things we have missed with everyone…

Thursday we had decided to have Eggs in a Bag for dinner. Some of the group had other plans for dinner. We all brought our eggs and a topping. I made a Hash Brown Casserole to go along with the omelets. They were very good! We just hung out and visited and set around the campfire.

Today we are just kicking back again and relaxing. I have to say it is very nice after the very busy 6 weeks in Indiana. This place just makes you want to sit in your lawn chair, stare at the lake and relax.

Tonight we have planned to have Hamburgers for dinner. John & Sandy are arriving today, I think and that makes it easy for all of us and they don’t have to worry about cooking dinner.

We will be doing some exploring in the next week or so, so I will have some photos to share with you.

(((HUGS)))