Our Trip

We went to Hamilton Missouri. You ask what is in Hamilton.

Missouri Star Quilt Company.

We really made a trip of it. Left Tennessee went threw Arkansas  spend the night just outside of Branson Missouri, next day drove threw Brandon stopped at a quilt shop,  ate breakfast, back on the road to Hamilton spend the night. The next day, I spend going to all the stores.  The main shop..

                             painted on the side of the shop

     
                       only place that was open ,so we had a burger
                       at J's it was after five when we got here.

       Got lucky. one room left in the two places they had to stay.
Only two places, someone could do good opening up a hotel here.

I didn't get to visit the sewing center they were having classes I guess.

This was the line of fabric I decides on. I did fine a few more, not to many. I want to wait and see what colors Bonnie is going to have in the Mystery Quilt before I over do it. lol these are neutrals  so I know they will work.

Some of the pretty quilts hanging in the different shop's.

 Back on the road, we traveled to Illinois spend the night.
Then went to Metropolis Ill to Harrah's. Played a little poker.
I don't go to win just to play, something to do. So stayed maybe one hour left thirty dollars to the good. You know you have to have a picture of Superman.

 Then threw Paducah Ky back to Nashville Tenn and home.
                
God Bless Trish

What A Trip It Was

Where does the time go. We went on a trip this past week to North Carolina to see fall taking place, it was so pretty up in the smoky mountains. We or I should say I wanted to go to Gatlinburg.  Got to pigeon forge late so we spend the night there. The bed was so comfortable, I wish I could order me one like it.

 People tell me what is a good bed to buy the last two I have brought haven't lasted anytime they were Serta I ordered the last one off QVC THINKING IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A GOOD ONE, NOT SO, ITS ABOUT THREE YEARS OLD.

Got off the subject. WOW the traffic was bumper to bumper in the little two lane town I couldn't deal with it so we didn't even get out. We took another route over the smoky mountains321 to 40 no traffic until we hit 40. Still wasn't to bad.  

Our  trip started out in Fall Creek Falls only one water fall had any water. This is the one they call fall creek falls

 

this picture is to the left of the one above

 

 

Colors were very pretty

 

 

we also rode threw the camp grounds to see where

we would like to park if ever we do get a motorhome.

Just thinking about it right now.

 

 That's my car in the picture.

This photo was after leaving the lake we went and saw the cabins they set out over the water. Would have been nice to have stayed.

We decided not too went on to Pigeon Forge.  

 

 We came back threw Ashville North Carolina on hwy 40 to.

 hwy 64 some of the way on this hwy the roads were

awful. The scenery was pretty.

 

Going around curves so bad people were riding us and blowing there horns for us to pull off the road and let them by, it was night and we didn't know the road and couldn't even see where to pull off

so sad.

One time a dump truck loaded was in front of us we couldn't go cause the truck could barely pull the hills, this was one time we go horns a blowing, I mean these were 20 mph curves. Down right scary at times.

I never plan to back threw there again.

 

 

  

Southern Belle Dinner Cruise

Having to use hubby laptop to make this post my computer is a mess.

We went to Hubby's work picnic a few weeks ago, he won a dinner cruise  on the Southern Belle.

We went last Saturday night it was a two hour drive to Chattanooga Tn. First time we had dinner on a river boat. I could not tell we were on a boat at all, really surprised me.

They had a good meal with good music so had a fairly good time all but the drive of course it was at night. We both have a hard time driving at night.

the buffet

 

our sever

singer 

us 

 

the boat below just sets in the water, guess its been  retires

they have a shop and place to eat here, this is where you go to board the

river boat.  

very nice folks we meet on board, we were the very last four that got to eat.

 

I have redone the computer again last night, now I am able to

finish my post with my computer.

Have no idea what the problem was.

So glad it is working again.

 It was chilly well actualy it was cold.

wind was blowing.

 

Have a good day.

 

Boat Ride

The week of July the fourth Doug was on vacation, we went on a trip to NC and in a earlier post I shared the Train ride we took . I will share the Riverboat ride we took in this post. We went back to Chattanooga TN for this. Now that I have done these two things.. I only have a plane ride left I haven't done.

This boat was the office where we got tickets, it was a shop and restaurant as well.Same boat in both pictures

You can see the  Chattanooga Aquarium to the left of it.

A close up of the Chattanooga Aquarium

hubby and me.

The Delta Queen is a hotel on the water it is a old retired riverboat.

There were three bridges really close together.

Barges all along the river being loaded with supply.

These were brave folks to me out in that big river on surf boards padding, one was not to smart didn't have on a life jacket the other did.

Owl

I tried three times to upload the video we made of the white water rapids. The fourth time worked.
Only because I used the shortest one. I was trying to load the best, it didn't work, this will give you the idea.
I so wish I could have shown the other one.

           It just came a down pour here. Ya!
           We so needed it. My poor chickens did too.
           The heat has been bad for them, then I think what will the winter be like.
           I thought they would be laying this month. I was wrong...not yet.

                                                Hubby made this picture in our back yard.
                                                                            A Owl.

That camera I ordered came in handy it has a 18 zoom on it.

We had to take it on vacation,my granddaughter borrowed my and now can't fine it.

Next I will show the riverboat ride we went on.

                                                                               

Train Ride

This pass week was hubby's vacation so we went on a trip. I have always wanted to ride a train and a riverboat so that is what we did. We went to Bryson City NC to ride the train.

I leaned out the window to get these...on the left you can see kudzu it has taking over...

The top picture here is of what I call rhododendrons......well I wasn't sure so I looked it up to see what the different is in a rhododendron and mountain laurel.

Mountain Laurel or Rhododendron?

Mountain Laurel and Rhododendron are often confused with one another.  They do both grow in abundance here in our Smoky Mountains, and they often grow together.  They also look especially similar when they are not in bloom, with their long, dark green leaves.  The main differences between them are the time they bloom, and the blooms themselves.

We rode the open car and I think it was the best for what I wanted.

We met a nice young lady that offered to take our picture and so I returned the favor.

They took pictures on the trip, then offered to sell us one,we didn't it.

The train went up to the rafting and layed over for one and a half hours at the  Nantahala River - Nantahala Outdoor Center so people could ride in the boats alone the white water. They didn't take them into the real rough waters. This is the place where the 2013 white water rafting will take place in the US Olympics. 

I will share the Video hubby made of the white water next.

Twin Falls, On Our Trip

The biggest water fall we saw on our trip was Twin Falls...........

you get to see my first video made on my old camera my Kodak...hope you enjoy it.

more pictures of that day.... mostly for me to remember this day

I do wish I had put a date on these.....I am going to have to

go back and figure out what the date was.

Something that I haven't told was when we returned home that evening

walking up to the back porch hubby yelled snake

it was a baby snake...he killed it we think it was a copper head.

I am going to start using my blog more as a scrap book for me

saving my pictures here and not on my computer.

I would like to have it made into a book.

What do you think.

Week Of Sept26, 27,28 2011

Our Trip Fall Creek Falls FTF

It was getting a little dark when we finally made it here.
We thought about staying here for the night decided against it. 
We would have liked to have had more time. We only had two days and had to be back home so we went on another 40 miles to Crossville and spend the night.

If you would like to see more pictures of the water fall you can go here  it looks a lot different when there is lots more water in some of these pictures. It also shows what we missed seeing ....maybe another time.

It was a long way down.

 The next day we went back another way threw Cookeville to see what else we could fine On Our way back.

I found a Kirkland's Home while in Cookeville.

I bought a few birthday presents while there.

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