We left my son's tree farm after a follow up cardiology test to head towards Pigeon Forge, TN. Fortunately, my most recent cardiology test was brought about by a false positive on a prior test and we left NH on a high note. When leaving NH towards other regions of the US, we always travel westward before going south. This route has us travel on Route 9 through southern Vermont where we pass a couple of Vermont state parks along the way. This time we decided to break up our drive a little by staying at one of those Vermont state parks: Woodford State Park in the town of the same name. The campground has a variety of sites - tent/medium RV, lean-tos and cabins. The campground is located uphill from the shore of Adams Reservoir. There is not a lot of real estate between Route 9 and the reservoir, where the campground is located so the campsites are relatively compact for a state park. The front bumper of the camper was a few feet from the campground road and the rear bumper was several feet from the campfire ring. There were plenty of other sites that were roomier but we made our reservation only days before our arrival so our choice was limited since it was a weekend. Here is the camper at the park.
We arrived Friday afternoon and left first thing Sunday morning. Soon after our arrival, we took a quick walk to the camper's beach on the far side of the reservoir from the park entrance. Here is the view from that beach. The reservoir dam and day use beach are at the far end.
On Saturday morning I took my weekly jog and took this picture from the day use beach where paddle boats and other paddle craft were available to rent. The camper's beach, where I took the prior picture, is at the far end.
After lunch on Saturday, Jane and I walked the trail around the reservoir. The reservoir was quite busy by that time, populated with plenty of swimmers and boaters. Swimming was off limits for me per doctors orders due to my recent cardiology test. There was an entry catheter wound on my right wrist that I was told to keep out of the water. However, when we made it to the day use area on our walk we encountered two ladies hauling a kayak back up to the parking lot. They looked like they could use some help which I offered and they accepted. I carried the back of the kayak using the hand attached to my non-wounded wrist. Besides keeping the wounded wrist out of the water, I was also supposed to limit stress to that wrist to 5 pounds.
When we left the campground Sunday morning, we headed to TN. First to the Nashville area so Jane could help prepare meals at her Tennessee sisters for their family reunion. And then to Pigeon Forge, the location of the reunion.
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