Kentucky

November 2021

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The second week in November was time for the annual family reunion at Dale Hollow Lake.  Since we were living in Maryland, we could drive to the event this year.  We took our time with an overnight stop in Charleston, WV.  Our first stop was to visit Hew at Nolin Lake.

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On the 13th, we continued on to Eagle  Cove on Dale Hollow Lake.  We enjoyed all of the usual festivities, particularly the White Elephant gift exchange.

At the conclusion of the weekend, we drove back into Kentucky to visit with Nancy in Louisville.

Later in November, we enjoyed a nice Thanksgiving dinner with Valerie’s sisters in Maryland.

Dale Hollow 2019

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The 2019 installment of the Cooper family reunion held at Eagle Cove Resort on Dale Hollow Lake took place on November 8-10.  Not much changed, which is a good thing.  Good times and good food.

On the front end we spend a couple of nights with my sister Sheila in Tullahoma, TN,  and afterwards we visited my brother on Nolin Lake in central Kentucky.

Our thanks to everyone for helping to make it a terrific visit with the family, particularly to Sheila, Hew and Nancy for their hospitality.

Dale Hollow 2018

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Eagle Cove Resort

Once again it was time for the annual fall/winter meet up with the Cooper family at Eagle Cove Resort on Dale Hollow Lake near Cookeville, TN.  This year the event took place during the first weekend of November.  We certainly enjoyed the family, food and lovely fall weather.

In addition, we enjoyed two days with my brother, Hew, at his place on Nolin Lake in central Kentucky.  We appreciate his hospitality and had a great time visiting with him and Peanut.  Finally, we spent one night in Louisville with Nancy and had lunch with her, Alyson and Corey.  Our thanks for putting us up for the night before our return to Nashville for our return flight.

Finally, our thanks to Ralph and Carlie for allowing us to park our motorhome on their property.  This has been a great convenience for us and has allowed us to visit with them and their family as well.

Cub Run, KY

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Cub Run is near Nolin River Lake.  We parked at the Wax Recreation Area campground near Cub Run at a nice lake front RV site.

Wax Campground

My brother Hew lives near Cub Run.  He has a lake front home there that is nestled among the trees in a very tranquil setting.  We visited with him and took a drive together around to some of the other lake parks and campgrounds:  Nolin Lake State Park, Dog Creek Campground and the Nolin Lake Dam.

Since we were so close, we took the opportunity to drive to Mammoth Cave National Park.  This year marks the 200th year since public tours began at Mammoth Cave.  We were here in 2014 when we took the New Entrance tour.  This time we took the Cleveland Avenue tour and did a little hiking.  We can add this to our 2016 caves and caverns visits.  Of course, Mammoth Cave rules all others with its 435 miles of mapped passages.

Next stop:  Bardstown, KY