Day 37-38
Miles Traveled: 0
Total Miles Traveled: 976
We started our Wednesday morning by going to the
Johnsonville, TN State Historic Park Visitor's Center using the marina's
courtesy car. This is a very nice
visitor's center and had a well done video about the famous Johnsonville Civil
War Battle. We mentioned this battle in
the previous post. Originally called
Lucas Landing, the town of Johnsonville ,
TN was a large Union supply depot. It
was over 90 acres and included docks, wharves, offices, warehouses, horse
corrals, a saw mill, and military quarters for housing 2,500 men. Unfortunately, the design did not protect it
from an attack from the water. Confederate
General Nathan Bedford Forrest attacked Johnsonville ,
TN Nov. 4th, 1864 and won this battle. In the late 1860's, after the war ended, Johnsonville
flourished as a railroad town. The town
saw it's demise in 1944 when the Tennessee Valley Authority flooded the Tennessee
River and created Kentucky
Lake
We walked/hiked
several miles enjoying the scenery at Johnsonville ,
TN
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| Dan at Johnsonville State Historic Park entrance |
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| Angie with cannon on display |
We dined at the
marina restaurant, The Grey Heron Grill, and split a very delicious 18 oz.
ribeye which was grilled on a grill out back.
The sweet potato fries were also very good, as was the bread with
strawberry butter. YUMMY!
Thursday turned out
to be a rain day and not a travel day.
We decided to stay another day at Pebble Isle Marina. The staff there were very friendly and
interested in making our stay enjoyable.
We read, did some trip planning, and lounged around. It was a nice "down day".
Check out more on Pebble Isle Marina at: http://pebble-isle.net/
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| Cool sailboat at land entrance to Pebble Isle Marina |
We do too! ; )
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