Cherokee Forest

Being here in Tennessee and relaxing a bit is fun. We have met with Fred &  Frances a couple times already. Fred looks good considering all the chemo treatments he has endured. We tried to settle on a date we would start our hike, it is now  around the first of September.

(Fred & Frances yesterday! This lady has a smile that would melt the hardest person!)

Yesterday, Will, Fred’s younger brother also met with us. Not sure, but I think he wants to go to keep an eye on Fred, you know, protect the older brother. He has never hiked or backpacked before. I think he can make it, but it will certainly be tough. But Sherry and I hiked a hundred miles the first time around, but we broke it up with a motel stay in the middle, we won’t have that opportunity.

So if we can put this together it should be a trick. I have no doubt we can do it, and have fun in the mean time. Will and Fred are going to do a couple 4 mile hikes to see how the packs work out.  Sherry and I are planning to do a few short hikes ourselves in Maine.

Today we met with George and Donna and also Donna's dad. We learned that Donna’s dad knew many of the same folk we know.  It is always fun to share stories. I served with George in the USAF in Biloxi, MS.  We both met Fred & Frances there.  George went on to Korea then one of the islands, where he met Sherry’s Brother.  Amazing how small the world is sometime.

We are home early, after a set-to with Verizon about our first bill with the smarter phones. The young girl ‘splained the excess charges were upgrades, etc. that were one time occurrences, the bill would settle to what it is supposed to be.

Anyway, we are here at the motor home, still do not have a consistent  signal for good phone or computer connection, but this view is priceless.

A beautiful meadow before the mountains start.

And nestled at the end of the meadow you can see a nice mountain cabin, what a place.

Thanks for coming by the log.

Nite Shipslog

PS:

I thought I wanted a career. Turns out I just wanted paychecks.

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Looks like a load of 1946 possibly Plymouths.