#hohenwald

We finally were able to depart Hohenwald and begin our trek up to Louisville, Kentucky.  We had lived in that city for thirty-one years and Beverly still considers it her home as she grew up there as well. We took the back roads through the astounding hills and mountains of western Tennessee, bypassing Nashville, and into western Kentucky through farmland we had no idea how beautiful it was.  Kentucky has at least four distinct geographical areas, and as we made our way through this bucolic environment and its gorgeous landscape, we eventually settled in for the night in a Walmart parking lot in Bowling Green, Kentucky.  

Up bright and early the next morning we made it to Louisville by late morning. Fortunately we had a nice campsite on an estate about ten miles outside Louisville in a small village called Anchorage. We lived in that great village for nine years and it was good to be back again. I was able to ride my bicycle for the first time since my quadriceps tendon rupture seven weeks prior.

Our travel trailer had to spend the night in the Oliver factory in Hohenwald. The fiberglass crack required extensive repair and reinforcement. The technicians were never able to figure out why the stress crack happened, but applied several coats of fiberglass reinforcement to insure it did not happen again. While the trailer was in the shop we had them move the clothes rack further back in the closet, replace a faulty dinette light switch, replace a defective window blind, adjust the screen door so it would latch properly, and attempt to discover why my freshwater tank occasionally overflows when hooked to city water. That has happened twice now since we’ve had the trailer. After repeated tests and observation Oliver could still not figure out why it occurs but I was left at least with the knowledge of how to maintain the water supply when faced with this problem.  

Because we were now literally homeless we decided to book a room at the nearby Commodore Hotel in Linden.  The owners are always accommodating and we made the best of our unfortunate situation. Beverly made appointments for us both to get a much-needed pedicure at The Spalon.  Oliver Trailer Company agreed to reimburse us for the night in the hotel and the food that spoiled overnight in the trailer fridge.  All in all a very good experience with the warranty people at Oliver.

I hope you all know that actual tears were spilled watching this. It’s so beautiful.

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