Recommended Quick Trip

Maybe not real quick, but worth the five hour drive from Birmingham. It's Dale Hollow Lake. It's been a while since I visited, but I'm betting the lake is still beautiful and in a pristine state.
{Note: I just checked and it is indeed still in a pristine state} Dale Hollow Lake is actually under jurisdiction of the Army Corp of Engineers, so there are no homes dotting the shore line of this waterway. As the official site of Dale Hollow Lake explains, "Come float the pristine waters and relax, surrounded by the sounds of nature. There are no McMansions staring you in the face as you cruise the peaceful lake. It feels like you are back in time, back to a virgin forest with an unspoiled lake teeming with fish". I remember renting a house boat at East Port Marina, in North Tennessee, for a few nights as part of a family vacation.

The night sky was incredible and the everywhere you looked was just gorgeous, and not an exceedingly crowded lake, either. Plenty of solitude to be enjoyed. Vacationing in a house boat on an awesome lake, like Dale Hollow, is something I'd definitely recommend.
The Suncruisin2 - still slicing through the waters of Dale Hollow Lake!