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All the comforts of home Coke Family
All the comforts of home
By Beth Underwood
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Some say if you’re lucky enough to live at the lake, you’re lucky enough. Dale Hollow Lake regulars Buford Coke and his brother Jeff are inclined to agree.
Buford said they’ve been regulars at Dale Hollow Lake—particularly at Wolf River Resort and Marina area, for some 62 years now, with no sign of stopping.
“We started coming in 1957,” he said. “My brother was six-months-old and I was four. We’ve been coming here all our lives.”
The brothers are following in the footsteps of their grandfather, who started coming to the area when the lake was first built.
Today, Buford and his brother have neighboring homes at Wolf River. While that may not be unusual for die-hard lovers of Dale Hollow Lake, there are aspects of their setup that are quite unique. Buford’s home is technically in Tennessee, while Jeff’s is in Kentucky — yet they’re stone’s through away from each other.
Another less common aspect is the fact that they live in mobile homes.
“It’s unique in that regard,” he said. “As far as I know, there’s no other setup like this on the lake.”
In all, he said, Wolf River Resort is home to about 120 mobile homes at the marina. Primitive to full-hookup campsites are also available, as are cabins and a hotel, boat rentals, boat slips, and a marina.
And any time one of the mobile homes goes up for sale, it’s in high demand. “I think people realize it’s an affordable way to have a nice place to stay and be comfortable here at the lake.”
He said about a half-dozen residents stay there yearround, while the others, including himself, come and go. For the most part, everybody knows everybody, which lends itself to a real sense of community.
“Our main home is in Louisville, KY,” he said. “We’ll come down here for a week or two, then go back to Kentucky for a few days.”
They never stay away for long, though, he said. “Wolf River and the lake are a huge part of our lives — and our sons and grandchildren.”
And like most people who’ve made the lake a part of their lives, they spend a great deal of time on its waters.
“We’re pontooners,” he said. “On the weekends, my nieces and their husbands will pop in — other family and friends — we hit the lake and sort of make a pontoon island with three or four pontoons.”
They spend so much time there, that they keep clothes at the Wolf River home, too, meaning there’s less to carry back and forth.
“Being here is so comfortable for us,” he said. “I guess we’re just spoiled. And we wouldn’t want it any other way.”
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