7th trip of 2026
Yarberry TVA
Campground Lenoir City, TN
September 13 - 17
(Powhatten National Forest Campground Asheville, NC
(Honey Comb COE Campground, Huntsville, AL)
We were anxious to continue exploring new waterfront campgrounds and decided to try Yarberry TVA Campground
just south of Lenoir City, TN. It was approximately 180 miles from home and a reasonable journey for a 4 night stay.
Steve, Debbie and Murf made the trip and occupied the adjacent site.
Arrived at campground without issue. We managed to reserved the 2 best sites in the park.
It was a bit of a long downhill driveway tothe adjoining sites but the effort was well worth it.
Temperatures were in the upper 90's and once we set up camp, it was decided just to sit and relax for the rest of the day.
Monday we scouted around the park and made an run to the Dollar General Market for some provisions.
We launched the deuce coupe kayak and explored the abandoned boat wrecks and the surrounding coastline
Tuesday we still hung around camp, played games, got ourselves and the dogs in the water to cool off etc.
Of course copious amount of alcohol and food was consumed, because that is what we do at camp.
Wednesday was my birthday, so we ventured into town to explore a local winery, several breweries.
First stop was Tennessee Winery. They provided endless free wine tastings. They were serving 3 different wine based slushies that cooled us down.
The Owner was quite entertaining providing stories of his family and their association with Sharon Stone and other interesting characters.
After the winery we stopped in at the Tennessee Brew and Barrel house.
The beer and the on tap Pineapple Cider was cold and delicious.
The parmesan Garlic wings and their loaded house fries were awesome.
Next stop was Smokey Mountain Brew House located in the nearby city of Turkey Creek, TN
Hot Pretzel with their in house beer cheese and a flight of beers was really good and inexpensive.
Last stop of the day was dinner at Calhouns located in Lenoir City Park/Marina.
The service and food was good, the drinks were incredible, and the complementary Birthday Banana Pudding put the day over the top.
Thursday was pack up and return home.
Everything was going great until I realized that the front glass cover on the trailer was no longer with us.
No idea why or when it disappeared. Contacted the vendor and they will be sending a replacement under warranty.
But thats not the best part. As we were coming to the traffic light into Joe B. jackson/I-24 exit ramp, The tuck ceased running.
Attempted to restart to no avail. Fortunately, There was a second lane and we directed traffic around us until TDOT Road assist arrived.
They pulled us off to the berm and out of the flow of traffic. Steve and Debbie saw broken down and came to our rescue as well.
Steve ran home and dropped his trailer off and came back and hauled Heidi, Bonnie and our trailer the 4 miles to the house.
AAA road assistance finally showed up got the truck back to the house to be unloaded etc.
Initial indication points to the FICM (Fuel Injector Control Module) failure. We are awaiting a call back from R&M to for further diagnosis/repair.
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