Eva, Tennessee

I left Mesa, AZ on April 13.  It took me a week to get to Eva, a small town between Memphis and Nashville.  I only drove about 300 miles/day and I allowed an extra day in case there was bad weather, causing me to layover.  But the weather was good, so my layover was visiting a NOMADS couple who offer their hook-up at their home for those passing through.  I had worked with this couple in Wyoming and it was good to see them again and relax a little.  I arrived at Lakeshore UM Assembly, a church camp, in Eva the Saturday before Easter.  The team all arrived the same day, so that we could attend Easter services together.  There are 12 on the team.

The next 3 weeks we worked at the camp doing a variety of jobs.  A deck was built, as was a shed.  I helped clean cabins, paint window trim, paint bunks, paint walls, paint yellow caution strips on steps.  So painting was a high priority for the camp to get ready for the summer season.  The camp is one of the most modern that I’ve been at, the buildings and cabins are very nice.  It is on the side of a hill (mountain) that leads down to Kentucky Lake, a part of the Tennessee River.  It is quite remote so cell service was spotty and internet was available only at some of the main buildings, and TV signal was non-existent.  The RV sites were in a beautiful part of the camp, but a bit of a distance away.  

We visited the near-by state park and learned that the area is known for the mussels in the river.  We visited a mussel farm, where mussels are harvested and used for freshwater pearls.  Needless to say, I bought more jewelry.

After this, I will be headed to another church camp in Alabama.  

For those of you who know about my problems with my in-dash multi-media center (gps, radio, Sirius, bluetooth, DVD), I now have the 5th one and it seems to be working wonderfully.