IN BETWEEN PROJECTS

It has been over a month since we made our last post.  We are between projects and have traveled through Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama.

Our first stop was in Georgia to visit our dear friends, John and Sue Delong, who introduced Allan and me 35 years ago.  We drove to Social Circle where I used to live and had to make a circle around the "Blue Willow Restaurant" where Allan and I ate several times.  People come from Atlanta to eat at this old southern mansion.

I was able to get some genealogy research done in South Carolina.  We then moved to Charlotte, N.C. to check out the area.  The plans were to visit a cousin of Allan's, but there was some kind of bug going around the retirement facility so we opted not to take a chance of catching it.  The Blue Ridge Parkway was beautiful, but Spring was only starting in the higher elevations.  As we came out of a tunnel much to our surprise two elk were grazing along the roadside.  This was near Cherokee, N.C.

We moved the MH to Heiskell, Tn. at Raccoon Valley Campground for a few days.  We visited Cade's Cove where we saw deer and turkey.  Allan waited on me while I checked out the cemeteries.
It was not too crowded so the drive was a slow but a peaceful drive.  No bear sitings.

We put our MH in storage at the campground for a week and drove the Jeep to Birmingham where our middle daughter was married on April 17 at Tannehill State Park.  Spring was in full bloom in Alabama.  We did have a night of 32 degrees though. 

On our return to Heiskell, Tn. we drove to the Smokey Mountain National Park and made it to the top to Clingman's Dome.  There was a mama bear and her two cubs seen on our way up the mountain, but they were too far away for decent pictures, but on our was down the mountain the bears had moved a little closer to the road so Allan did get some pictures. 

While parked in Heiskell we put the Jeep in for maintenance and repair issues as we were not able to get this done while in Birmingham.  They kept it two days and were able to take care of all the issues, but the repairs turned out to be more extensive than we anticipated.  At least we have a car that is in good shape and ready to roll.  Tomorrow will be a moving day as our destination will be Lexington, Ky. to visit some of Allan's relatives.