We left Branson on Wednesday and headed north on 65 towards Springfield MO then east on 60. We stopped for fuel in a little town called Mountain View and saw a beauty salon called Curl Up and Dye! Thought that was hilarious! We drove through lots of pretty country and part of the Mark Twain National Forest- hilly with lots of hardwoods. We had some trouble finding a place to fuel up later in the day- pretty small towns around here. We crossed the Mississippi River two times- on very narrow and scary metal bridges. Arrived at Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area about 5 p.m. This is a huge area that straddles Kentucky and Tennessee. We set up in the Dogwood loop at Piney campground (south end) where we had full hookups and a huge site with lots of big trees. Joe and Nancy are up the road a little ways. This is one of several campgrounds, with 384 sites. Seems to be very popular with the locals- they allow people to camp up to nine months at a time so there were some sites with lots of stuff. There were lots of kids around- they have this week off of school. With the huge reservoirs surrounding the park I guess it's very busy during the summer.
On Thursday we drove around the park. Stopped at the civil war site of Fort Henry, ate a picnic lunch near the lake, then went to the 1850's Living History farm which was very interesting- original cabins had been moved here and they were furnished and people were there demonstrating life back then. Well worth the $5.00 admission! We then drove through the Elk/Bison prairie loop- saw one nice bull elk and several cows and calves. Did not see any bison- they were in a hidden area. There are about 50 elk and 50 bison on 750 acres. They also have a planetarium on the property. After a crock pot dinner we sat outside and enjoyed the evening- nice calm night. Would definitely come back here again! For more info go to:
http://www.landbetweenthelakes.us/
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