Our Grandmothers trip to the Smokie Mountains was great. The header pic is just one I took. The cabin we rented was great ..small but just enough room for us. There was a hot tub on the porch which gave us time to just relax. WE had rain each day but never bothered us and our plans.
Took a ride into Cades Cove the first afternoon. Saw lots of deer, turkey, and even saw bear. Yes we got to see a mother bear with her 3 cubs. YES 3 cubs. We took a riding trip to Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge. Stopped at lots of local art shops, ate lunch in the old pigeon area, and tried to get out of Gatlinburg fast as we could.
The last day we went white water rafting. OH MY GOSH ....was that a blast. Something I have always wanted to do , now I can take that off my bucket list. You can bet I will do it again. We had a great guide. He let us surf in the rapids. This is a trick the guides do by putting the front of the raft down in a wave on a 4 rapid. It causes the front of the raft to go unseated and ride the wave. We did it 3 times.............oh what fun.
Ate dinner out our last night ......had trout. We all enjoyed that.
It was a blast..............looking forward to the next time.

Home from my ride in Ark.......had a great time just riding and looking. Wish John could have gone but I understand he couldn't this time. I rode 975 miles in my 3 days up there. Only got lost once so that is good. Leaving Wed for Nashville to get with Martha Lou and Linda then we are headed to the Smokies for a few days. We always love our girl get aways...........even if it rains we will have a blast and do the white water.
Cant wait..........later

Summer is almost over ....we finally got rain and things have cooled down a bit. Went up to see Sydney today. That girl is a mess.
Came home put some ribs on the grill and loaded my bike. Got clothes, tent, cooler, pillow, and towel. So in the morning IM heading out to ride. No one wanted to go with me, so IM out of here in the morning.
When I get home will wash and pack again to go to Smokies with Linda and Martha Lou. They wanted to take me somewhere for my 6oth birthday so I said lets go for it. Im excited we have a cabin and are going white water rafting. That is something I have alwaysssssssssssss wanted to do. Will take Taffy to the vet to board on the 28th ...go for doctor appt ... then leave out on the 29th for Nashville.
Then when I get home Ill be going to school the next day. Doesnt matter.......didnt think I was going to get to go anywhere this summer but seems like now Im not home at all. Least it not costing me much. I have to travel cheap.
Have a great day and week end.

The class reunion for BHS was a huge success. Everyone that attended had a great large time. The people that choose not to come MISSED a wonderful get together. I hope we can do it again without waiting 40 more years.
Seeing all those people was great, of course I couldn't remember most of them , but as the week end carried on I figured out who most were. Let me tell you...some I would never had know and some looked much the same. All of us were a little grayer, older, and of course heavier ( not fat just heavy).
Have a nice week.......I'm still debating a ride.