Day 71, October 11th, 2009
Our last full day at Pebblie Isle. Got up in the morning and had the breakfast buffet up at the restaurant. It was delicious! Scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage patties with white gravy and biscuits. John had grits but I don't go there!
After breakfast we borrowed the courtesy car and went to Loretta Lynn's Ranch, about 10 miles outside of Waverly, TN. Since we only had the car for 2 hours we didn't have time for the tours but were able to walk around the property a little. There are gift shops and a replica of her childhood home, as well as the big plantation house. She doesn't actually live there but has had a house built behind the old house and did arrive home in her tour bus while we were there. An interesting story of rag to riches!!! The property is actually quite extensive with camp grounds, race tracks, all kinds of stuff going on. It was quiet while we were there though as the season was over.
Afterwards it was back to the SuperWalMart in Waverly to stock up with groceries before moving on.
Later in the afternoon we went for a walk around the marina and saw the enormous house boats. Some as long as 80 ft - one guy said he had 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms aboard!!!
From there we walked around the adjacent trailer park and then onto a state part right next door. This was actually a historic site where the Yankees had fought the Confederates at Johnsonville. There was a railroad going through which the Yankees controlled to supply their troops moving south. There was a battle there as the Confederates tried to take control. Johnsonville itself was flooded back in 1945 when the US govt. built the locks and dams in an effort to control the frequent flooding in the area. Prior to this the surrounding farmland was marginal at best, due to the constant flooding and erosion. Although a great deal of land was flooded, it actually improved the fertility of the remaining land.
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