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Florida Couple Builds Campground Near Hawkins County Line

A Florida couple looking to retire on vacation while still making money plans to open a new campground on a man-made lake close to the Hawkins County line in Greene County (Tennessee).

As per a report, Darrin and Jennifer Waldkoetter fell in love with the area.

The Mammoth Ridge RV Park and Campground is located at 12300 Lonesome Pine Trail, about 1.5 miles north of I-81 exit 30 in Greene County.

Darrin and an excavator operator dug into the lake, hitting several springs during the digging process to keep it full.

It will feature a white sand beach along the lake, paddle boats, kayaks, volleyball, sand toys for the kids, beach lounge chairs and umbrellas, a dog park, and a gaga-ball court.

Around the lake, there will be a 3/4 mile walking trail, and it will also be stocked for fishing.

There’s an island in the middle part of the lake with a golf green for hole-in-one competitions.

The camp store will have a game room, laundry facilities, camping supplies, and a bathhouse.

The campground will be home to 77 RV sites, and 47 of them will surround the lake. The lakeside sites will have full hookups.

The back sites will be electric and water only until later this year, when half of the campground’s innovative, eco-friendly septic treatment system is completed.

They plan to open later this spring.

“We don’t want to be multi-millionaires,” Darrin said. “We just want to live happily. People come by and say, you ought to build it and sell it. Well, I put my heart and soul into this, and we think it’s going to be cool. Coming to work, it won’t be like working — watching people enjoy themselves and kids having fun.”

He added, “We want to be happy. I was happy at work, but when you’ve done something 25 years managing people — I figured I can manage them a little easier if they’re on vacation.”

This story originally appeared on The Rogersville Review.

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