Got free from work just after 7 and rushed home. I had not packed the day before, instead choosing to run errends in the morning and then sleep until ...
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Got free from work just after 7 and rushed home. I had not packed the day before, instead choosing to run errends in the morning and then sleep until it was time to go to work, knowing thursday would be a long day of driving and walking. I was packed and ready by the door at 7:40, sent Caroline a text alerting her to by excitement and preparedness. However I had forgotten she runs on Kenyan Time, also known as "I will just be a minute but I really mean after I take a nap, shower and pack". At 8:40 I was advised to take a nap, she would be over around 10, being wide awake though (I had only wok...
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By Adam Goodheart The quiet splendor and patchwork history of the popular national park offer lessons in how humanity can coexist with nature.Surely ...
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By Adam Goodheart The quiet splendor and patchwork history of the popular national park offer lessons in how humanity can coexist with nature.Surely these are, if nothing else, the most perfectly named mountains in the world. "Great Smoky Mountains": The words conjure fog drifting off a breathing canopy of trees, mist rising above a waterfall, the soft warmth of southern air. Perhaps, as well, the tang of barbecue chased down with moonshine whiskey. But whoever may have coined that poetic phrase, his identity, or hers, is lost to history. Some say it harks back to the Cherokee word for blue—sh...
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Today we left Lawrenceburg, KY where we stayed the night with Grandma. We started out about 10:30am after getting a quick breakfast at McD's and ...
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Today we left Lawrenceburg, KY where we stayed the night with Grandma. We started out about 10:30am after getting a quick breakfast at McD's and arrived at the Wyndham Smoky Mountains Resort around 2pm. We stopped at the Tennessee Welcome Center to get flyers, maps, coupons, brochures on things to do in the Smoky Mnt. area. We had a wonderful check in at the resort. There was a caroler, and tons of Christmas decorations with a Large Christmas tree taking center stage of the lobby. They had lots of goodies for the people waiting to check-in/get rooms. There was coffee, hot cocoa, and my favorit...
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