33.92 miles.
We managed a much earlier start this morning. We had eaten breakfast and were on the road shortly after 8:30. We joined Diane and Ron at the breakfast buffet down the road and then we headed south and they headed north. Our destination today was Crump, TN by noon about 15 miles away and Shiloh Battleground State Park by early afternoon. Ah, but how often do our plans go awry. We both watched the map carefully today and were very confident we were taking the correct roads. The turns matched up well and, even though there were no roadsigns, it looked like we were right on course. Strangely we came across a surprise flat area of about 5 miles that wasn’t apparent on the map. That is the first time we have hit this much flat land in our 10 days of travel. Imagine our surprise when we rolled into the town of Savannah, TN instead of Crump, about 5 miles south of where we hoped to end up. That explains why the flat land was not on our maps. Well, when you have lemons, make lemonade. Neither Crump nor Shiloh had a public library, but Savannah does, so we went to the library and uploaded yesterday’s blog. South of Savannah about 12 miles, is Pickwick Landing State Park which was recommended to us by Diane and Ron. We headed down to Pickwick State Park instead of Shiloh Battleground State Park. We can rejoin the route in several different places tomorrow. Diane and Ron were right, it is a beautiful park and we are glad we are here. We are only about 5 miles from the Mississippi border. It was quite warm and humid today with bright sunlight all of our traveling time. It has clouded up some since we made camp late this afternoon, however.
Question of the day: The paternal grandparents of a famous author are buried at Savanna, TN. Who was this author?
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