Thanksgiving in Tennessee

Happy Thanksgiving from Tennessee! We are still in Tennessee at Two Rivers Landing. We will be here until April 30, 2018. Our work duties are easy and are four hours for three days a week. We are off work Sunday through Wednesday and work Thursday through Saturday. It's getting colder but so far the low has been 27. Daytime we have mid to upper 50's. The trees are almost bare so it is looking like winter. Thanksgiving dinner here is being shared with the other three work campers so this will be different than Thanksgiving with family. We are planning a trip to Indiana later in December to visit for Christmas if the weather cooperates. Here are a few fall photos of the RV resort.

Office and Clubhouse.

The flowering trees are Crepe Myrtles.
We have to trim about 100 of these in January.

Trees are starting to go.

Lots of color here in the resort.

Trees are getting bare.

Steve and Lisa Munsey were here a few days.
Their motorhome was ours for four years until we
purchased our 40 foot diesel Phaeton last year. 

Our vehicles are clean and Rejex has been applied to all paint.
Rejex says "nothing sticks but the shine". I believe it.

Shipshewana Indiana Again

During our August trip to northern Indiana, we ordered a recliner to replace the original not too comfortable long sleeper/sofa made by Villa. The new recliner was manufactured by Lambright Comfort Chairs, an Amish business. Vernon Lambright and son Benjamin removed the original long sofa and installed the new "theater seating". They build high quality chairs and sofas for RV's or your house. We also ordered a shorter back for our existing Lambright single swivel recliner, to be shipped to us in TN. We are very pleased with our purchase.

While we were there at the Shipshewana South Campground, we visited the Hudson Auto 
Museum. We missed it on our last trip. It had a large collection of Hudson autos. They made expensive cars and they invented a number of features that are still used in modern cars.  In 1954, Hudson merged with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation to form American Motors (AMC). The Hudson name was continued through the 1957 model year, after which it was discontinued. Here are some of my favorite photos.

Pigeon Forge Car Shows

There are two weeks of antique and hot rod car shows in Pigeon Forge. The cars line all the parking lots along the main road through town. I did not count cars but they were everywhere. The town was really crowded and traffic was a mess. I found a parking spot and walked a couple blocks to see some cars so here are a few photos. How many of these can you name?

Two Rivers Landing RV Resort

We arrived here the day after Labor Day. The manager called and asked us to start work here early (original start date was November 1st working through April 30th). Our site is free and includes electric, water, sewer, WiFi and cable TV. All sites are concrete. We work three 1/2 day's then off four days. There are four of us here to do the work. So far we have been learning our jobs. Mary is in the office so she has the brain work to handle. I don't need much brain power to do my jobs which are Pool Boy, Janitor and Landscape work. I did not know a thing about pool cleaning and maintenance, now I am an expert. The pool will close soon so I won't be Pool Boy much longer. The weather is in upper 80's this week so outdoor work is more difficult. I hope for cooler weather soon. We will NOT be working here for the summer season!

Directions are I-40 to Exit 407 which is the Smokies exit. Go south for 3.5 miles, cross the French Broad River bridge, turn right at the Smokie Mountains Knife Works. Go to the second stop sign, turn right. You will see the resort along the river bank. This really is a "Resort", unlike many that say they are but fall short. It's spotless everywhere and that's my job to keep it that way. There are 50 sites total so it's not too large. 

Please stop and see us if you are vacationing in the Smokies. We are on site 53. Better yet, if you bring your RV stay here a few days. RV's are restricted to Class A, B, C, 5th wheels and hard sided travel trailers. To popups or tents. We know a lot of friends that make this a favorite area to visit so we hope to see you here even if it's just for a visit. Tennessee and the mountains is our favorite place to be.

Two Rivers Landing RV Resort

My morning Pool Boy duties are here.

Mary in the office.

Lots of RV's coming and going

Plenty of landscaping to keep us busy.

River front sites on the French Broad River.

Johnny's RV wash is here quite often.

Our motorhome. We get the back row since we are staying here free.

Sunsets at Two Rivers