Sunday, September 23, 2012

Pictures from Cades Cove and Cumberland Gap

Cades Cove
I love to photograph moving water. 






 



This is the smooth road we traveled on.  It would have been even better if we were on motorcycles.



 

This is the Smokey Mountains on a clear evening.    
I could not resist this photo.


These are two of my favorite photos.  I love the dead tree in front of the green tree and the splash of red in the middle of the water.
 
 
Cumberland Gap
 This was another beautiful stop. God sure has a way of painting the landscapes.
 

  These two are the same shots that are taken
from different angles and zoom lengths.





 
 Motorcycle Road!!



 We walked into the old Church and found musicians
playing old hymms.  The sound was
so warm in this old wood building.







 
 

 
 

Don, you will be missed by so many.
 
We were lucky to know you and host with you.
 
I am sure the roads you travel now are paved with gold
 
and happy hour goes on forever.


Sunday, September 16, 2012

Here we are in Masonville, TN

Ice Cream!!

We are having a great time here in Tenesee.  The ice cream is wonderful.
Dad has taken us to the home of "The Worlds Best Ice Cream", Mayfield Dairy , TWICE!!



My dad, Bill and Mary wait for their ice cream at the window.


 
 
 
The Redneck Olympics
 
This is what we came to Tenesee for, the redneck olympics. We stay at Pete and Sandee's house, they organize the event.  Jackie and Larry also come in from out of town to help with the event.  We will all head to the Habitat build together.
There are not a lot of pictures because it rained all day and I didn't want to get the camera wet.
 
  
 
 
 
          Bill and my dad working the food wagon                       Jackie at the food wagon.
  Larry and Sandee getting set up for the events.  
 
 
 
                                                                          This is the Pig Feet Bob and yes it is as bad as it sounds.  We boiled the feet and there was still hair
on them.

 He had this one and dropped it back in the water.

 
 Now on to the hub cap toss, the toilet seat toss and the redneck beauity pagent.
Some of your may remember the girl on the right.  That is Leeann from the Freedom Center in Fenton.  We are staying about ten minutes from her and her huband.
 







 
Sight Seeing

My dad and step mom have taken us to see some wonderful sights. 

Our first stop was Bald River Falls.  I can only imagion how beautiful it is in the fall.

This was taken from the top of the fall.                                This was taken from the top of the fall looking down at Bill
This was looking over the other side of the bridge.
 
 
And this is the fall. 

 
 Cades Cove
 
Here we are at Cades Cove.  It has been a beautiful trip. 
These pictures are from a two track dirt road going out of the cove.  We seen a total of four cars and two were parked for the night.  There were a lot of steep hills to climb and streams to cross.  These pictures are from one part of this road.  It was an adventure.
 


 

 


And this was the most beautiful picutre. 
Sunset on the Smokey Mountians


On my next blog I will include pictures from Cumberland Gap. 

We leave here tomorrow for the Habitat Build in South Carolina.


Untill then keep it between the lines.


Friday, September 7, 2012

FMCA International Rally

 

Our First FMCA International Rally

Our first FMCA International Rally was quite an event.  With some help we made it to our camping site. 

We tried to catch up with JR and Carol but it never happened. 

We did make it to dinner with the rest of the group.  We went to a restaurant called Ambrosia in a community called Broad Ripple Village


 
 
 
 
 
Indy Race Track

The Indy Race Track was a short drive so we decided to make a "pit stop". 

 







 
 
 
The Fair Grounds
 
I also took some random pictures of sights that were a little out of the way.
 
 

 





 

 

 
 
 
 




 

 Sorry for the lack of story line on this page.  We are in a valley in Madisonville, TN and the Verizon reception here is really bad.  I am putting this page together while setting in a parking lot. 
 
The next update will be after the Redneck Olympics on Saturaday.