WELL, HERE GOES NOTHING...DROPPED OFF THE GIRLS AT THE BUS STOP (LOTS OF HUGS), SHOOK HANDS AND THANKED CRAIG FOR THE HOSPITALITY, AND CLIMBED IN THE JEEP AND HEADED SOUTH TO TENNESSEE...GOT A BEAUTIFUL DAY TO TRAVEL AND THE SCENERY IN THE MOUNTAINS WAS TERRIFIC...
STOPPED AT THE CRACKER BARREL (LOVE THIS PLACE) FOR BREAKFAST AND A LEG STRETCH (DID THAT SEVERAL TIMES... OVER 400 MILES TODAY! MY LOWER EXTREMITY; BELOW THE BACK AND ABOVE THE LEGS, WAS HOWLING FROM SITTING SO LONG...THE TRUCK WASN'T TOO HAPPY EITHER I GUESS CLIMBING UP AND OVER THESE MOUNTAINS, BUTT (PUN INTENDED) WE BOTH SURVIVED AND I ARRIVED SAFELY IN KNOXVILLE (GO VOLS!) TENNESSEE. THEY CLOSED I-40 JUST OUTSIDE THE CITY SO PARIS (MY GPS UNIT) HAD TO WORK OVERTIME TO GET ME AROUND AND TO THE HOTEL ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CONSTRUCTION...
THIS IS JUST A STOP OVER SPOT...PASSED OUT AT 8:00PM AND WOKE UP THIS MORNING AT 3:45 AND WORKED ON THE NEXT LEG OF THE TRIP AFTER NASHVILLE.
DECIDED TO STAY AT THE GAYLORD OPRYLAND HOTEL IN NASHVILLE (THANKS, SHERYL)...I BOOKED A ROOM IN ST. LOUIS FOR MONDAY NIGHT AND 2 NIGHTS IN KEOKUK, IOWA TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY FOR MY VISIT TO COUSIN ANGELA AND HER FAMILY...I'M NOT A TRAVEL AGENT, BUT I DID STAY AT A HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS LAST NIGHT...
CHECK IN TIME AT THE GAYLORD IS 3:00 PM AND I'M ONLY 177 MILES AWAY SO I'M GOING TO GO SEE THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE CAMPUS WHILE I'M HERE...THERE'S A DUNKIN' DONUTS RIGHT ACROSS THE PARKING LOT (THE LUCK IS STILL RUNNING GOOD) SO I'M READY TO FUEL UP FOR MY MINI TOUR OF KNOXVILLE...JUST FINISHED A BOOK LAST WEEK THAT WAS BASED IN THIS AREA (BY THE CREATOR OF THE BODY FARM) SO I'M GOING TO TRY AND LOCATE SOME OF THE LANDMARKS...(BUT NOT THE BODY FARM!)...
THEN, IT'S OFF TO MUSIC CITY FOR THE WEEKEND...RAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR TODAY BUT SHOULD CLEAR UP TOMORROW MORNING (10:10 TEE TIME) WITH A HIGH IN THE 60'S AND NEAR 70 AND SUNNY FOR SUNDAY...Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD DAY, NOW...
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