We are presently in Crossville, TN and have been for a few days … just visiting our friends Darrell and Judy Patterson and enjoying springtime in middle Tennessee … which means some nice weather followed by a thunderstorm or two and then immediately replaced by some nice weather. But I need to get you caught up!
We left the Freightliner Service Center parking lot last Saturday drove back north to Asheville and then headed west on I40 over the mountains to Knoxville, TN and then a bit southeast to Walland, TN near the southern entrance to the Smokey Mountain National Park. Winne ran great during the trip over the mountains so I guess she enjoyed all the attention she received at the Freightliner shop! We did have one little issue though … when we needed our windshield wipers while driving through the mountains west of Asheville and they quit working! Yikes! We survived but it made for interesting few miles to say the least!
We spent 4 nights in Walland and spent our days visiting with friends Gene and Judi Curp who live nearby in Maryville, TN, seeing some sights nearby, and oh yeah — fixing the windshield wipers! (Just needed to tighten a loose nut). It was great seeing the Curp’s again, catching up a little on our lives, and enjoying the mountain scapes there on “The Quiet Side of the Smokies.”
After a few days of travel we hope to find ourselves in Branson, Mo. in the heart of the Ozark Mountains. I’ll bet we can find something to keep us entertained for a few days there!
