Timber Ridge Horse Campground Trip in Tennessee
May 23, 2013
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It was Thursday when we left Cherokee Trails Campground and it was on a hot, sunny day. We headed southwest to Timber Ridge Campground also in Tennessee. After 4 hours we were off the highway again and traveling a back road to our next destination. This campground was fairly easy to find and quite a few other people had the same idea as we did and there was a line to check in. No problems for us, we had made reservations a few weeks earlier. Tons of horse trailers with Living Quarters—we were the only 5th wheel RV in the place. Of course Mike was towing the 5th wheel while I was towing the horse trailer with our horses Nugget and Bandit.
It’s another full service RV campground – complete with electric, sewer and water at every site. They had us pull the horse trailer up to the barn and unload our horses—and one of the hands came over and cleaned out our trailer—we were so surprised and thrilled. What a nice touch! After 4 hours of driving, we were exhausted and this simple act was just so nice. They also helped us unload the bales of hay and other stuff we needed to keep in the barn with the horses. It’s a nice old barn with lots of air—a tall roof that allows lots of ventilation. Even though it was hot outside the barn was cool and relaxing. Another plus for us.
We got our 5th wheel RV into a spot between two trees and were able to get the slide outs open. We were pretty close to the barn and it turns out we also had the option of putting our horses into outdoor paddocks so they could move around and stretch their legs.
The trails were quite plentiful and easy to get to—simply walking into the woods and you’re there! We decided to let the horses relax and we went out to trail ride the next morning…of course it was misting outside…nothing new to us. It always seems to rain on our trips. I did get some amazing photos of the area and the trails. We had a wonderful time. Some of the trails are easy on the hoofs and some had quite a few rocks which made walking a bit more interesting. There were also patches that were full of bright red mud, and at the time we went, there was some building going on near one of the trails.
We came back from our ride, cleaned up the horses and put them out in the outdoor paddock under the trees. Nugget and Bandit were happy to be outside and nickered to all the horses they saw. We set up our chairs to relax near the RV. The sun came out, the breeze was gently stirring up the leaves on the trees and all was right in the world. At least that’s the way it felt to us.
The next morning, we packed up and headed out for our next place down in Alabama … about 4.5 hours away.
1426 Darrow Ridge Road, Jamestown, Tennessee 38556
931-879-RIDE (7433) 931-310-1530
