We camped with our popup camper at the Shellmount Campground near the dam at Nickajack Lake, about 40 minutes from our Tennessee home. We had previously camped at Nickajack Lake, but at a different campsite. Nickajack Lake is one of several "lakes" created by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) on the Tennessee River that weaves through Tennessee, dipping into Alabama just beyond where we camped. Being the Labor Day weekend, there was a lot of boating activity on the lake while we were there.Needless to say, we were very excited to see our new home become a reality. Judy took a great sequence of pictures and a video of the activity and posted it online. Additional work on it is being done through September, with a septic system; a big front porch running the full length of the house; a car port and a storage room behind the car port to be built; and electricity, water, and plumbing to be hooked up. While the home was being placed on its foundation and subsequently bolted to the foundation, and the roof was being finished (part of the process of merging the two halves of the building together) and shingles were being laid down to finish up on the roof on Thursday afternoon and Friday, I took advantage of this time to clear the brush and smaller trees from the front of the house and Judy and I made some decisions as to which larger trees we wanted to keep, in order to "maintain a house in the woods" appearance while affording ourselves a decent view of this beautiful area. Now the big question is, "How soon will be be able to sell our existing home so that we have the option of retiring and moving into our new home?" The answer to this question is a big unknown.
