Going Home is Quicker!

Thursday, March 27, 2014:  I'm leaving the motel in Counce, Tennessee, for the trip home after a wildly successful relative hunting trip!  First I pass by the Pickwick Landing State Resort Park, just down the road.  It has a huge hotel on the lake formed by the Pickwick Dam over the Tennessee River.  The dam was the major TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) project of the 1930s, to put people to work after the Depression. The dam has transformed this area, both with the massive electric power generated by the dam and the tourist trade from the beautiful lake.

View of the Pickwick Dam, 3/27/14.

Part of the road going over the Pickwick Dam.  Note the electric lines in the background.

Entrance to the Dam power building.  I wish I had time to tour this!  I've never been inside a dam.

The huge Pickwick Landing hotel.

The Tennessee River/Lake, not much boat traffic today - but it's March!

I don't know when or even 'if' I'll be able to visit this area again, but I sure have enjoyed the entire visit!  Driving north on highway Kentucky 69-North, I pass through the town of Parsons, and pass the sign to Savannah, Milledgeville, and Saltillo, which I have just visited, and where my relatives lived. 

Just before I enter Parsons a giant log truck passes, going the other way - and it is empty!  That's the first time I've seen and empty log truck here.  Now I know why: it has just come from the sawmill. There were at least a half dozen sawmills in the area, none of which had names displayed.  Three more log trucks pass - all full, all going south.  Hardin County and surrounding area must be the telephone pole capital of the United States!

Next I'm driving on highway Interstate-40 north; a sign calls this the "Music Highway," near Nashville.  I like that! Through the heart of Nashville, my car's odometer turn over to 100,000 miles!  I bought the 2007 Toyota Camry new in May, 2006.  It is a great car - maintenance only, and made in nearby Georgetown, Kentucky, USA.  I plan and hope to have it until it has at least 600,000 miles on it!  (That's what a guy who also had service in the Toyota dealership has on his Toyota.)

At noon: "Welcome to Kentucky!"  Home soon! It is always exciting.  Hmmmm: Exit 2 says, "Kenny Perry's Country Creek" - that's new.  I turn off Interstate-65 north to the Bluegrass Parkway.  It is comforting to see names of cities I've known since I was a child: Bardstown, Springfield, Harrodsburg.

When I pass the Castle at Versailles, I know I'm almost home!  And there's the Fayette County sign.  I've done lots of research on my Daddy's people this trip, next I'm going to work on my mother's side of the family.  Praise you, Lord, this has been fun!