We-2Bs: Alaska 2015 - Day 75

Sunday, July 26, 2015

Alaska 2015 - Day 75 - Kodak Tennessee

Day 75 – 7-25-15 Saturday A slow easy morning – we didn't have to get on the road today. About mid morning we drove to the local post office to drop off some mail and then drove to Anchor Down RV Resort a few miles from where we are staying. We had heard about it and since we were so close we decided to check it out. It is only a couple years old. We got a pass at the office and rode through the resort. It sits on the high banks of the Douglas Lake – a large lake created by the TVA Douglas Dam a few miles from the resort. The resort is definitely a nice place, well laid out with fairly large sites compared to lots of commercial RV resorts/campgrounds, concrete pads and patios, full hook ups, fire rings, picnic tables and the top tier sites had stone fireplaces instead of fire rings. They also have wide paved streets, golf cart rental, a boat ramp, small sand beach, lake swimming and nice landscaping.

We drove on to Dandridge, stopping on the way to run the Jeep through a car wash. Dandridge is a historic small town with several nice old well cared for homes and downtown buildings. We found a Farmers Market and got a few fresh vegetables and some honey. The pint of honey was $7 and would have been about $20 in Canada or Alaska. We were surprised to find a coffee shop in this small town and went in. They had some good pastries and lattes'. The owner told us it was originally the second bank in Jefferson County and was built in 1855. The bank safe was still in place and there was a small table and chairs inside the safe for customers.

On the way back to our campground we went to the TVA Douglas Dam and discovered they also have a campground there that they must want to keep a secret. We saw one small sign (about 1' x 1') out by the main road but no sign on the county road that takes you to the road leading to the dam. As guess the locals knew about it because the campground was about 2/3 full.