I have been wishing there was somewhere near me that we could go swimming that wasn't the rec center pool (SO crowded). Then I saw a great looking beach on a friend's instagram, and then on another
Nashville blog and I could hardly wait to Travis and I to have the same day off so we could go!
This is the Anderson Recreation Area at Percy Priest lake! It is only 22 minutes from my house! Do you like Travis' cute swim suit?
View from the parking lot. There are tons of tables and grills. We went by ourselves this time, but I want to go back with a bunch of friends and grill out and spend the day!
It has been storming on and off all week in Nashville. When we first got there the sky looked like this on one side, and then if I just turned my head...
It was so threatening and dark! We swan for just a few minutes when it started to rain.
We ran up to the car and ate some cake and waited for it to pass. We were cracking up at the couple set up at the picnic area in front of our car. They didn't react at all to the rain, just kept grilling and setting up camp. Thankfully it only rained for about 10 minutes.
It ended up being really perfect. The sun came out, and it was warm, and we swam for almost an hour and a half. The sand goes out as far as we swam and the water felt great. It was nice to spend some one on one time with Travis too. With his new job, no only do we not work at the same place anymore, our schedules don't line up very often. Today we slept in, then went to the beach, then hung out and used up as many of our leftovers as we could.
I'm so happy we found out about this new spot! I want to go back a bunch more times before the summer is over!
I went there with a bunch of friends in high school. It was the summer I had a back brace...so it sucked. I would love to go back sans back brace.
ReplyDeleteThat looks like the best day! There are some lakes nearby that I've been itching to try out!
ReplyDeleteThat is awesome! I had no idea that existed! Pretty sure I know the answer to this, but are dogs allowed? We are looking for a lake to take Lucy to because we think she will be a great swimmer!
ReplyDeletesadly, no dogs allowed! i looked for a place last summer to take dogs and i couldn't find one lake where they are allowed! we used to take my first dog ever, a black lab, to percy priest when i was little, but i guess they changed it.
DeleteI saw this spot on the same blog, me and my husband really need to check this out! Being from Florida, we are really missing the water.
ReplyDeleteAdrienne
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it isn't florida, haha, but i was surprised by how great it was!
DeleteAaah, I wanna go! I'm gonna go!
ReplyDeleteToo bad it had to rain ... but now that you know it's so close you can go again! I wanna go to the beach ...
ReplyDeletePug Hugs, Ellen
yay! glad you went and enjoyed :)
ReplyDeleteI would have never guessed there was a beach in Nashville! Looks fun!! What's Travis' new job?
ReplyDeletehe is working for the same company my dad works for, but he is making deliveries!
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