A River Runs Through It...

The children love swimming in the river during the summer months. A while back the children spent the night at the river house with Jay's parents. The next morning they wanted to walk along the river. Hadley chose to sleep late.

Here are Ella and Layton walking along the bank of the Elk River. During the winter months, TVA drops the water level with the dam. It prevents flooding in certain spots and allows cooling water for some of TVAs projects. That's why the water level is so low.



See the pier? Yep, the water drops so low that you can walk all the way out past the pier before meeting water. It's an excellent time of year to make repairs to your pier...except it is too cold to stay out for long.