Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area

We went to go see Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area today, and found an amazing park. The LBL was originally a much larger area of land that was originally between a pair of rivers, the Cumberland and the Tennessee. You can read more about the history of it here, but basically, as a part of the New Deal, the Tennessee Valley Authority planned to construct two dams here. The dams proceeded to create Kentucky Lake, and Lake Barkley. The area was finally declared a National Recreation Area in 1963 by President Kennedy.

The area is about 25-30 minutes away from our home in Murray, and lies partially in Kentucky, and partially in Tennessee. The weather has finally cooperated enough for us to want to be outside for longer than 5 minutes.

There is also a lot of wildlife here, including a reserve for bison and elks. We took these from about 100 feet away from the animals.











We also went on a scenic drive near the north end of the park, and saw a bald eagle too! I'd never seen one before, and very surprised to see one at all.






The place was very beautiful, and we're very likely to go back and explore some more! We spent the better part of 2 hours driving through only one half of the park. Definitely warrants further exploration.

I'll have some Weekend Thoughts up tomorrow hopefully.