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Happy Mother’s Day
Actually, my Mother’s Day was all weekend. I started on Saturday by sleeping in. Rich got up with Sascha to put her out, but that was just his excuse to go fishing. It was a beautiful morning and he had made bait the night before. He was ready for this. I woke up to no […]
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Derby Party 2014
This year’s Derby celebration was going to be very scaled back. There was no fresh Zurekbrau available due to the effects of the polar vortex. It was just never warm enough out there to brew beer! With freezing temps, it was hard to be exposed, standing on cold concrete, and trying to use water without […]
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Birthday Celebrations
Joy and I noticed some others celebrate their birthday for days. Justine did 28 days of Justine and Sara celebrates for two weeks before and after her birthday. Since we are older we needed to scale that back a little. Anyway I would like to thank Joy for making the days around my birthday wonderful. […]
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Great day for a hike
It was a gorgeous day out there today. We continue to try and keep up our hiking. And today was made for a good hike. We enjoy hiking a lot and it’s healthy. While over vacation, we decided to try and keep up with some long walks and hikes. Rich and I lost about 10 […]
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Vacation: Day 10 Heaven in the Hill
That day came. Time to leave our cabin hanging on the mountain. We had a great week in the Smoky Mountains, but we have to return home to make money to pay for it all. Why does everything cost money? We wake up early and start moving around the place. We packed the night before, […]
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Vacation Day 9 What falls?
Can it really be our last day in the Smokies? Like all good things, it can’t go on forever. We sat around planning our hikes and activities for the last day. Rich decided he wanted to see one more corner of the park. We use the last of our goodies to fix breakfast and then […]
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Vacation Day 8: Over the river and through the gap to Abrams Falls
Somehow our clocks are out of sync. Either I sleep in or Rich does. Today was Rich’s turn to sleep in. We got breakfast and got on the road to Cades Cove again today. We are going to walk the Abrams Falls trail. Since the entire trail there and back is 5 miles, this is […]
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Vacation Extra: Drive to Our Cabin and Then from Cabin to Parkway
I’ve been playing around with the GIF animator now that I did the animation of Rich. I had Rich snap pictures as I drove up the Parkway and took the Cove Mountain Road exit to our cabin. Not exactly what I had hoped for, but it is a little bit cool. Here is our drive […]
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Vacation Day 7 Three for the Price of One
We are maintaining our schedule pretty well. We got up a little earlier, but took our time about breakfast. After straightening up, we head out to the park yet again. Today, we go across the park to Cherokee, NC.As a kid, we used to come to the Smokies and camp. We always went over to […]
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Vacation Day 6 Walking the Width of the Appalachian Trail
I actually slept in today! Rich got up first and I didn’t even hear him. It must be that mountain air. I even missed Rich screaming like a little girl when he discovered our unexpected guest.Rich was drying his hands on the towel that was lying by the sink. A very large spider dropped out onto […]