Today we migrated a little further North to Yarberry Campground in Lenoir City, TN. We left Riverbend Campground at 10:30AM EDT and took GA-17 North to US-64. We then took US-64 West to Cleveland, TN where we took a bypass around the city and jumped on I-75 North. The portion of US-64 that follows the Ocoee River is beautiful according to Beth. I was too busy piloting our way through all the hills and switchbacks to look. It is apparently an extremely popular place for rafting because we’ve never seen so many busses loaded with people inside and rafts on top. The campground is just a few miles South of the Lenoir City exit. We arrived at the campground at 2:30PM EDT.
This is a Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) campground on Fort Loudoun Lake on the Tennessee River. The dam is just up the road. We have a waterfront site and are quite pleased with our view. It was a bit interesting backing into the site. The pictures don’t really show how steep the hill is coming down into the site, but there were several occasions when the trailer drug the Expedition a foot or two down the hill while I had the brakes locked. We used all four of our wheel chocks before we unhooked and I was sure to leave the safety chains attached to the truck when we removed the trailer from the hitch.
Our AT&T hotspot is achieving 80Mbps download speeds and 60Mbps up. We’ve picked up a bunch of channels on antenna (we are not far from Knoxville, TN). The sites all have 50Amp electrical hookups and water. The sites don’t have sewer connections, but there is a honey wagon that will pump out your tanks for a fee.