Possibilities around Cookeville, TN

We left our Kentucky/Tennessee (it teetered on the border) Airbnb without much hope. We were both in a good headspace, but on our way to the Airbnb, we had stopped and tried to get groceries in a local town of 4,400 people. We were excited with the prospect of cooking in a full size kitchen 😃! Well, let me tell you, I have family that live in small, middle of nowhere towns and I have never seen grocery stores so nasty. One brand of chicken and all of it looked gray and slimy. The hamburger had such a high fat content that it looked light pink (almost peach). We ended up making BLTs (iceberg 😖) and frozen chicken pot pies. That’s how bad it was! I looked wide eyed at John in the grocery store and he said, “There’s no way we can live here.” So even though our two days at the lake bungalow were a refresher, we were still kind of down on the actuality of living in Tennessee.
Thankfully we took the time to check out Cookeville being that it is surrounded by rivers, streams and two sizable lakes.
While grabbing lunch, a young girl complimented me on my earrings as I walked by. I thanked her and later returned to her table being that I felt a pull to give them to her. Rose was thrilled and we had a lengthy conversation with her grandmother, a 27 year resident of Cookeville. Very informative and helpful.
Today we are camping for two days on Center Hill lake. It is gorgeous water! Looking forward to scoping out the surrounding area this weekend.
***Oh, and thanks be to Jesus, the grocery stores are magnificent! 😆Read more