Day 27-8 (pretending to) rest at Grand Harbor

     Two days of rest? Well, by now you know better than that! We did get plenty of sleep, but during the days we were relatively busy.

Day 27.

     We picked up the loaner car about 2:30 pm, and we drove generally west to Corinth, TN to see a movie. We arrived a little early so we did some window shopping. We did go into several stores, for example a pet store, but we did not buy anything. The theater was a thoroughly modern one with 10 screens. We saw "The Huntsman: Winter's War" with Chris Hemsworth who smiled a lot and flexed his muscles even more. That is probably a bit of an unkind comment about the movie, which I actually found enjoyable enough, but in all honesty I did not think that it had much of a plot. The good news is that I found the popcorn at this theater to be unusually good. As you probably know, I will go see almost any movie as long as I can have a large tub of popcorn...  After the movie, we came straight back to Grand Harbor where Lucky was very happy to see us. My Fit Bit logged over 9 miles during the two "rest" days, and most of that was with Lucky.

Day 28. We picked up the loaner car 11:00 am and went east about 18 miles to Savannah, Tn. We first went to Walgreens to pick up a prescription for me, and it was there that we found out the actual location of the Mexican restaurant that we were looking to have  lunch at. The various applications like Yelp and Imap were both wrong with their locations for the restaurant. This happens often enough to be annoying when we are travelling. If it is a critical stop, we have learned to call to confirm the actual location in advance. We had some rather long bus rides, etc. to the wrong location on our first loop, which is when we learned to double check. Thanks to a clerk at Walgreens we learned the actual location of the restaurant. I was very glad that we found it since I had a great salad that amounted to a taco salad with fajita chicken and without the less healthy fried (flour) tortilla bowl. Definitely worth the effort to find this place! After lunch we had time for some shopping before Lucky's appointment at the veterinarian. We found a Tractor Supply next to a Goody's. So the Admiral and I split up for some "fun". Terry got some great clothes, and I bought absolutely nothing at Tractor Supply. By then it was time to head to the vet's office. Lucky need to get a booster shot for her flu vaccine. It needed to be within a 4 day window a month after the first shot. It is hard to believe that we have been gone from home for only 4 weeks. Not hard to believe in a bad sense, but rather we have done and seen so much that it seems like more time must have elapsed...

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Well, that's the basics for our activities while here, except for the really fun stuff like doing wash, blogging, walking 5+ miles per day, mainly with Lucky, and the list goes on.

     The condo towers and home sites here are really nice with many amenities. My reservation is close access to a more "real" town, but then you cannot have everything.

    The first photo shows something of the condo towers, but what the trees hide tells more of the story...

     Just a short walk to the left from the location of the first photo reveals something more like the real view from many of the condos. Of course, the fiver and lake beyond would be visible over the marina from the higher units. Lucky is in her rain gear in this picture, but she really enjoyed several of the large open grassy areas.

      Unfortunately, the swimming pool was closed, but the setting and the plantings around it are beautiful.

     More of the plantings... In this view the pool is off to the left, and above the plantings is a children's playground. Rose plants are all around the grounds, and they are literally covered in blooms.

     A view of the marina store and office with some of the fuel docks, including Lucky Us at one of the fuel docks. This marina has absolutely the best pump  as part of the pump out system. Often the suction is poor and intermittent, but this one was almost scary fast! A definite big plus!

     One last view of Lucky checking out the nicely trimmed Mondo Grass around some of the many lovely shrubs.

     I hope that these pictures some of the beauty of this facility. It really is one of our favorite stops on the Loop. Tomorrow I will reveal the other reason why this is one of my personal favorites... Stay tuned!