Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area

Yesterday we explored part of the Land Between the Lakes, or LBL as it is called here.  The area is about 60 miles long and 10 to 12 miles wide and bounded by two lakes.  There are some paved roads, but since we had the Jeep, we explored several of the back roads and fire roads like the pictures below.

We had packed a lunch, so we enjoyed it in a secluded spot on the lake shore.

There were several old cemeteries scattered throughout the area and we stopped at several of them. The old homemade headstones were very interesting, such as this one that says "murdered". Makes you want to know the rest of the story.

We stopped at this little spring for a bit.

All in all we put a lot of offroad miles on the Jeep and it needed a bath.

Today is Mother's Day, so we are resting at the campground. Janice got a flower and a prayer book at Mass this morning and we had lunch at a barbeque place here in town.

They are predicting thunderstorms for tonight and tomorrow, so we have extended our stay here until Tuesday.