Hello From Gatlinburg, TN

Yesterday we left North Carolina and made our way to Gatlinburg, in the Great Smoky Mountains. This is beautiful country, though right now, a bit soggy. Our site has plenty of puddles and soggy ground so Lenny and I do not get to play outside too much. Mom has this thing about us tracking mud into the trailer. After we arrived, we met up with Mom's brother Albert and his wife Diane and Mom's sister Laura and her husband Gene. They have been vacationing here for the week and will be leaving tomorrow morning. Tonight we are looking forward to the arrival of Trevor and Sharon, who will be here for the weekend. It will be special for Lenny to see Trevor again. We are looking forward to a fun weekend. Sunday we will be heading out for Fair Play, South Carolina for a three week stay.

The Tar Heel State

After two restful weeks at Lynchburg, Virginia, we are now in North Carolina. We left Lynchburg this morning and drove in rain the entire way. What's new, we have seen more than our share of rain since we left Texas. We enjoyed our time in Lynchburg. We met up with Mom and Dad's RVing friends, Bob and Kathy and Bob and Candy. We first met up with them in Arizona last summer. Lenny and I also made a new friend, "Granny", while in Lynchburg. "Granny" is a 94 year old lady who travels with her daughter and son-in-law. "Granny" would come over and pet us. She really adored us. Whenever her daughter would look to see where "Granny" had wandered off to, she would start at our place because she knew "Granny" would want to come see us. Mom and Dad did go to Appomattox Courthouse to see where Lee surrendered to Grant, ending the Civil War. By the way, North Carolina is the 27th state Lenny has traveled with us. He hasn't caught up with me on states visited but he is working on it. We will be in North Carolina for one week, then we will be off to Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Signing off for now.....

Wonderful Week At Chesapeake

We are ending a wonderful week at the Chesapeake Thousand Trails. We have really enjoyed ourselves. Saturday night the park had a DJ playing music at the activity center, across from our trailer. We were able to sit at the trailer and enjoy the music, everything from the 60's to today, country and rock. That was really neat for me and Lenny. We have also done quite a bit of sightseeing while in the area. One day we toured Yorktown and the Yorktown Battlefield. This is where General Lord Cornwallis surrendered to General Washington, thus ending the Revolutionary War and giving independence to the United States. On another day we toured the Richmond area. We drove down Monument Avenue and saw all the neat monuments, including the newest one of tennis great Arthur Ashe, a Richmond native. We toured the Petersburg and Richmond Civil War battlefields and even had a picnic lunch at the Richmond battlefield. Of course the day would not be complete without Mom and Dad looking for historic graves. At the Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Mom and Dad found the graves of Presidents James Monroe and John Tyler. We also saw the graves of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Confederate General Jeb Stuart. We also got to see the Confederate White House in Richmond. It was a long but fun day.

Tomorrow we pull out and head for the Thousand Trails park in Lynchburg, VA. We will be there for two weeks. On Friday, Sept 4th, we will be celebrating Mom's birthday and then on Wednesday, Sept 9th, we will be celebrating my 3rd birthday. It should be a fun time.