Brown County State Park at the peak of color in October. It's hard to lodge a complaint that if I had to break an ankle, recuperation started here in this setting. We use to travel to Brown County each fall to enjoy the color and uniqueness of the artists' village known as Nashville, but we never were able to quite stay a four day week-end at the peak of color. This year, due to the break, we were able to stay a total of three weeks in three different camping spots, and we were able to witness the beauty that is Brown County in the peak of Fall color.
Hiking was not an option, but driving tours were. We spent time roaming the park with both dogs. The only difference between original plans was we were now riding, not hiking.
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| One of the many vistas in Brown County State Park |
From Brown County we traveled to The Land Between the Lakes / Kentucky. Canal Campground is at the northern tip of the area known as the land Between the Lakes between Canal Lake and Kentucky Lake. It is an Army Corps of Engineers park and is as beautiful as others we have stayed in. While there we explored areas along the Trace - the road that runs the full length of the Land Between the Lakes. After a week, we traveled to Joe Wheeler State Park in northern AL. The weather was still warm and breezy, and the campground is heavily wooded with pines. The breeze carried the pine scent through the motor home along with the smell of cedar wood fires - my kind of camping!
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| Alabama Bambi / Joe Wheeler State Park |
We then moved on the Huntsville, AL to the Air and Space Center where there is a small RV campground. While here, we toured the Space Center and made it to the IMAX theater to watch the 45 minute film about the invasion of Normandy narrated by Tom Brokaw. We were the only two in the entire theater. The effects were pretty amazing. Using the ap I have on my iPhone to find dog parks, we discovered a fenced park in Huntsville to take the dogs. Both days found other large dogs and the pups had a blast. That kind of exercise is a must, particularly for Bella / high energy beastey.
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| Air and Space Center Huntsville, AL |
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An example of original flight aptly hanging in the huge building that holds a Saturn V rocket.
Off to Red Bay, AL this Sunday morning to get in line, wait for service and head further south. |
This coming Friday will mark six weeks after the ankle break. I'm blessed we've been able to alter our schedule to accommodate healing and to do all that in such beautiful settings. Yet to be honest, having a broken ankle in particularly is extremely confining and a big pain in the rear! I'll be glad to lose the walking cast and be more mobile soon.
