Sunday, July 23, 2006
Day 153 - Just a Quick Jaunt to the Mountains
Greetings, Blogregation!It's Sunday!
Charlie and I have just driven to the mountains and back this weekend, putting over 500 miles on the Honda-CRV-4-Door-Color-White. Whew!
Our friend is vacationing in Gatlinburg in the Great Smoky Mountains, and she invited us up for a visit.
We drove up yesterday, stayed overnight, and drove back today. A whirlwind trip but it was nice to see our friend, who we haven't seen in EIGHT YEARS.
My 'Sunday contribution' is a sign I saw on a church on the way to the mountains... You know how some churches have quotes or messages on their boards? Well this one caught my eye. It said 'Stop, drop and roll doesn't work in HELL'. Thank you very much.
A few highlights...TUBING - Do you know about tubing? You buy or rent big innertubes and float downriver, sometimes through calm water, sometimes through rapids. It's a big deal in Gatlinburg.
We ate WAY TOO MUCH. There were six of us, and we could all pack it away!
Dinner last night - Delmonico steaks on the grill (thanks Charlie for grilling!), corn on the cob, asparagus, summer squash (that we brought from the garden) with onions, and baked potatoes.
Breakfast this morning - Bacon, sausage, grits, scrambled eggs, homemade jam, honey, and texas toast.We visited for a little while after breakfast this morning, but then it was time to hit the old road again.
I am SOOO thankful that the two big traffic jams we saw on the westbound side of the highway when we drove up yesterday were GONE today.
We drove through the park on River Road on our way in and on our way out. We did get to see a few beautiful views on our way.
Well, that's it for now folks! Time to rest, unpack, and get ready for a WORKDAY tomorrow!
# posted by Karen @ 7/23/2006 05:19:00 PM 
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LOOOOOVE that church sign!! Cracked me up!! Poor Tony is STILL at work and it's after 7! What a looong weekend! Sounds like you guys had a blast, though!!! Did you bring me home a bear????
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Hi Heather! I'm sorry Tony has had to work so much! We didn't see any bears or even deer, just squirrels and tourists! xxx
Yeah...traffic jams west- bound...we were caught up in both of those since we were coming back from the mountains. *sigh*.
1. Construction at mile-marker 347
2. Tractor-trailer off the road 9 miles outside of Crossvile
Total time wasted...about 1hr.
Weeks shaved off my life...about 3.
1. Construction at mile-marker 347
2. Tractor-trailer off the road 9 miles outside of Crossvile
Total time wasted...about 1hr.
Weeks shaved off my life...about 3.
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: 9:17 PM, July 23, 2006
: 9:17 PM, July 23, 2006
Travis, After seeing what westbound was like yesterday we almost diverted to highway 70 instead of going on I-40, but driving today was smooth sailing.
Wow...when I saw that pic of the tubers...I thought for sure it was from my camera and that was my brother! That is the exact view from behind our river campsite when we stay in Townsend every year. So...did you tube? Deb
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