Day 152 & 153 of 166 Days of RV Adventures in the Summer of 2026

Let me just finish up on Sunday October 4th. The RV caravan ended and all our caravanners headed out. We hung out at the KOA until around noon, then we moved to the Opry Mills Mall parking lot for a bit. Charlie, Tim & Debbie enjoyed a hot dog from Nash Dogs. Debbie and I walked the mall a bit. Then we chilled out in the parking lot.

We have a 30-mile move to our next campground and check-in is not until 3pm. This Corps of Engineer campground is sticklers about their check-in time. We took a "long way" around and extended the caravan to 43 miles and toured some unique areas outside of Nashville.

We crossed over the Percy Priest Lake, we will be camping along the banks of this lake for 2 nights. Percy Priest Lake, officially J. Percy Priest Reservoir, is a massive 14,200-acre reservoir located just 15 minutes east of downtown Nashville TN. Managed by the US Army Corps of Engineers, the lake spans across Davidson, Rutherford, and Wilson counties and is impounded by the J. Percy Priest Dam on the Stones River. It is surrounded by nearly 19,000 acres of public lands. Originally authorized by Congress in 1946 under the name Stewarts Ferry Reservoir, the project was renamed in 1958 to honor late Tennessee Congressman J. Percy Priest. Construction on the massive concrete-gravity and earth-fill dam began in 1963 and was completed by the Corps of Engineers in 1967, with official dedication on June 29, 1968.

We arrived at Seven Points Campground, our home for the next two nights. Charlie and I have stayed here several times before, but it is Tim & Debbie's first time.

After a bit of jockeying, we got set up in Tim's spot and Tim got set up in our spot. Tim's original spot had a slight uphill to the entry and he kept dragging the end of his 5th wheel attempting to back in. Our original spot had a downhill entry and he could do that.

Charlie enjoyed his first adult beverage in 18 days!

We both enjoyed the great views.

Our first sunset was remarkable! Right from our patio!

Monday October 5th, was day 152 for us. I love to walk here the lake is so beautiful at sunrise, the roads are all paved and minimal hills!

The locals are so friendly and abundant! They are here

and there

and here too!

We are spending the day in and around Seven Points. We really had to do laundry, as I have not done any since the caravan started! Since we are not on full hook-ups, Debbie could use a laundromat too. 

We shopped at Walmart and picked up a few items, including cold medicine for Debbie! We found a local laundromat and got that job done. I have to say, I am not a fan of the "card only" laundromats. But the process here at XPRESS WASH N DRY was simple and easy. The laundromat was clean and all the machines looked new. The owner came in while we were there and he even refunded the extra money on our cards after we were done with our laundry.

The rest of the day was just quiet time at the campground. The four of us have not had much of that in the last three weeks! 

Time did make us a nice fire in his solo stove and I still had a little bit of s'more makings left! Looks like Tim snuck in this picture! We will let him!

Tuesday October 6th, is day 153 for Charlie and I. We are still with Tim & Debbie Carroll and we depart Nashville and Seven Points Recreation Area. The sunrise was beautiful on the lake! 

On my walk, the locals were getting their breakfast and let me pass without much more than a look or two. Our destination today is Victoria Campground in Woodstock, GA.

The locals came out to say good bye in two groups! The group between the dumpsters and dump station.

And the group by the exit of the campground.

We crossed Nickajack Lake on I-24. The lake stretches 46 miles upstream to Chickamauga Dam, covering roughly 10,370 acres at full summer pool. Nickajack Dam is a hydroelectric dam and navigation lock on the Tennessee River. It is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). There is a unique rest area and TN welcome center on a small island in the lake. Located nearby, there is a historic cave partially flooded during the dam's construction and now serves as an endangered gray bat maternity roost (with thousands emerging at dusk from April to October).

On the route we took today, we crossed from Tennessee into Georgia.

Then, back into Tennessee.

Then back into Georgia!

We stopped at a Circle K for diesel in Ringgold GA, then arrived at Victoria Campground on Allatoona Lake in Woodstock. This will be our home for three nights.

God gave us a great day of travel and a beautiful sunset!

I know I take too many sunset pictures, but can you have too many?