Reelfoot Lake

One of the things that was on Jim's Bucket List was to watch the eagles fly at Reelfoot Lake. We asked Sallie and George to go with us. Sallie said that she would find us a place to stay. She went to work looking on the internet. She found one that sounded and looked good. When she called to talk with the owner, they realized that they knew each other. They had worked together as nurses in the Coffee County school system. Sallie thought with her being a nurse, that her bed and breakfast would be nice and clean. We couldn't wait to get there. When we pulled up and saw the sign of the Blue Basin Inn we knew we were in for a memorable experience. Several of the letters on the sign were missing and the ones that were still there were crooked. Sallie went in to register us and came out with the keys to the rooms. We were already skeptical about the condition of the rooms. They had not been redecorated since the 1960's. And the rooms smelled like they had not been used since then. We had made reservations for 2 nights, well at this point we were not even sure we were going to stay one night. But with it being Sallie's friend, George felt like we ought to stay at least one night. Come to find this was a place that was used by fishermen.

We went out to see the sights around town that night, because everyone said that the best time to see the eagles was early in the morning. The scenery was beautiful and there we a gorgeous sunset.

That night we did get some sleep. Sallie and George's room smelled so bad that they slept with their windows open. It was a very cold night, but the cold air was better than the smell.

The next day we checked out BEFORE breakfast and headed out to see the eagles. We rode along the dike of the Mississippi River. It was a great day. We saw the eagle's soar and several eagle's nests.