KOA Journey campgrounds are the perfect oases after a day on the road. Whether it’s along the way or a quick getaway, they’ve got you covered. Located near the highways and byways of North America with long Pull-thru RV Sites, they deliver convenience to the traveling camper. Pull in, ease back and take a load off.
KOA Journey campgrounds are the perfect oases after a day on the road. Whether it’s along the way or a quick getaway, they’ve got you covered. Located near the highways and byways of North America with long Pull-thru RV Sites, they deliver convenience to the traveling camper. Pull in, ease back and take a load off.
I-24 Eastbound Exit 25B: Left at the light (Hwy 62). KOA is 1/3 mile on the left. I-24 Westbound Exit 27: Right onto Hwy 62, go thru 2 traffic lights. KOA is 1/3 mile on the left.I-69 / Purchase Parkway Exit 51 A-B: When you come out of the turn, keep to the left.
Left at the light (Hwy 62). KOA is 1/3 mile on the left.IT IS LEGAL & EASY TO TURN LEFT INTO OUR DRIVEWAY. PLEASE DO NOT FOLLOW GPS. ONCE YOU SEE THE LIGHTED KOA SIGN AND THE LEFT-HAND TURN LANE BEGINS, TURN
INTO OUR GRAVEL DRIVEWAY - BEFORE YOU PASS THE WHITE HOUSE.
Clay & Barbie Campbell moved to Kentucky Lake in 1988 from Evansville, Indiana. Prior to that they lived in Missouri where Clay was born and raised. Barbie was from a Minneapolis Minnesota suburb, Eden Prairie.
The Opry began in a little Quonset hut building just a couple blocks from where it’s located now. Clay and Barbie had spent their honeymoon in Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri. They and their children had attended many shows there in Branson. Clay actually got started at Lee Mace’s Ozark Opry in Lake of the Ozarks, MO at 15.
Prior to marrying Barbie, Clay played in several bands, and had his own band and traveled all over the United States from 1969 thru 1980. When the group disbanded, Barbie became a Christian, and Clay rededicated his life to Christ, and at that time they decided to get married and have a family.
Clay and Barbie raised up three boys while the Kentucky Opry was just in its infancy. Clayton, Cody, and Casey. Each one played an instrument. Clayton the violin, Cody the piano, and Casey the cello. The boys also learned various other instruments as well as they were going up at the Kentucky Opry.
In 1994 the Opry was expanded and new front was added, and later a new lobby, and various other additions and improvements were made as the years went along. A new light system, new PA system, new bathrooms and recently added all new seats. The Opry now seats 535 folks, but many nights sell out and they bring out folding chairs. The Kentucky Opry is starting its 35th season in 2023.
The Kentucky Opry provides clean family entertainment almost every weekend year-round. There are all kinds of shows: free Bluegrass and Gospel shows. The Kentucky Opry also brings in big-name entertainers – including Gene Watson, Jimmy Fortune, Moe Bandy, Shenandoah, Bellamy Brothers, and many others.
Clay works with and trains young performers and many of them perform at the Kentucky Opry during the Rising Stars Shows. The Kentucky Opry has an amazing wonderful Christmas show that begins in November and runs up till Christmas and then there’s a big New Year’s eve show every year.
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