After getting our RV problem resolved (to the tune of too many $$), we headed directly to Asheville, North Carolina, to travel the southern portion of the Blue Ridge Parkway that was closed two weeks ago due to rock slide concerns. The sun shone brightly, temps rose to shirt-sleeve weather, and there was still enough [...]
Entries from October 2009
October 27, 2009
An Unexpected Night in a Motel
The weather had become so lovely that we decided to head back south to Asheville and spend a few days exploring the southern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway, which we had missed last week. (Our original plan to start exploring the parkway from the terminus at Great Smoky Mountains National Park was cut short [...]
October 27, 2009
Saturated to Exhaustion with Beauty and Wonder
In the last 10 days, we’ve explored Great Smoky National Park on sunny days, in the rain and even in the snow. We visited the informative and moving museum and Cherokee Indian Village on the Cherokee Reservation. And we explored much of the Blue Ridge Parkway – which turns 75 in 2010 – from south [...]
October 25, 2009
Inside RV Photos
You can now see photos of the inside of the Spirit of Sunrise. Click here to see them on the the Our Team subpage Our On-the-road Home/Office.
October 17, 2009
RV Photos
For those of you who have been begging me for photos of the inside of Spirit of Sunrise, I’ve posted a few photos. Take a look at the Our Team subpage Our On The Road Home/Office. More photos will be posted soon.
October 17, 2009
Berea College – Appalachian Handicrafts and Tuition-free Education
We visited Berea College to see the Appalachian handicrafts the students make and left captivated by its greater story. Seized by the concept of equality, a young Kentucky-born seminary graduate in the 1800s had visions of creating a higher education institution for both men and women, and both whites and blacks. His family disowned him for [...]
October 17, 2009
Harland Sanders Cafe – Where Kentucky Fried Chicken Began Its International Fame
The astounding image of Chinese tourists standing in front of a statue of Colonel Sanders at the Great Wall of China for a photo is indelibly etched on my memory! Legendary Colonel Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken was as important as – possibly more important than – the amazing, centuries-old Great Wall of China, which [...]
October 17, 2009
Cumberland Falls – Water Above and All Around Us
Rain and more rain hit on our last day in Lexington, KY, and continued for days later. By the time we got to the home of former Denver neighbors in Corbin, KY, we were perpetually damp and had mud stains up to mid-calf. I even bought a pair of calf-high rubber boots to navigate through [...]
October 17, 2009
Everything Equestrian – Kentucky Horse Park
Even in the rain, the Kentucky Horse Park is fascinating. Plan on spending a day! Every 30 to 60 minutes, there’s a scheduled activity to attend: horse drawn tours, shop talk with the farrier (horse shoer), Parade of Breeds, Hall of Champions Show, and in June and July, a children’s favorite, the Mare and Foal [...]
