It has been a blast the past several weeks down in the South. After Cousin Carolyn and Kent traveled with us along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia and North Carolina, we headed into the Great Smoky Mts and dropped down into Alabama. Our new friends Chuck and Audrey whom we had met in Alberta, Canada drove up from their home in Birmingham. They met us at DeSoto State Park for a few days at a campsite next to ours with their motor home. We had a great time with them sharing meals and swapping RV tales.
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| Picnicking with Chuck, Dog Daisy, and Audrey |
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| Desoto State Park Falls |
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| Crow calling from the tree top in Alabama |
Back on the road we drove north for a quick stop at the Unclaimed Baggage Center Store in Scottsdale, AL to check it out. From there it was a short drive up to Nashville. Country cousins Janice, Brenda, and Shelly greeted us in town for supper.
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| Willie Nelson and Christa "Can I sit in your lap?" |
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| JR checking out the country boots in Nashville |
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| The King of Rock 'n Roll |
The next several days were checking out the downtown country music scene, enjoying a show at the Grand Ole Opry House, and visiting the Country Music Hall of Fame. When the nightlights of Music City are calling, you've just got to pull on your boots and hit the streets. They don't call it Music City for nothing. Nashville is teeming with honky tonks and juke box joints... many within walking distance of the CMA Convention Center. Since we are flying home for a few months that must mean we are becoming snowbirds. JR got oil changes and tires rotated on the vehicles plus items to winterize the motor home for storage at the kinfolks here.
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| Roy, Grandson Ross, Miss Priss, and Cousin Janice |
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| Kicking off the holidays at Patty's Restaurant in Grand River, Kentucky |
Thank you cousin Janice and Roy for all the great southern hospitality at your lovely home and for providing the rig a safe haven until we return.
So this is the last postcard from us for a while until the next big RV Adventure starting with cherry blossom season in Washington, D.C. come early spring.
We truly treasure your friendship and hope to see you for a visit back home after November 21st. Blessings and Happy Holidays to you and your family.
