Time to Catch Up

 

It has been a month since my last post.  As we are in our “home base” of Knoxville I have not been doing my regular updates.  However, I realize I left ya’ll hanging in New Orleans with my last post and did not complete the journey.  Sorry about that.

From New Orleans we stopped for Easter weekend in Meridian, Mississippi.  We did drive around the downtown area (mainly to find the Wal-Mart to grocery shop) but mainly stayed around the RV park for the weekend. 

From Meridian we made a two night stop over in Athens, Alabama.  Not nuch here, just a stop before heading to Nashville and Knoxville.  The interesting thing is that a week later this area was hit with very severe weather including a tornado that hit part of the town.

From Athens we made a stop in Nashville to visit with our friends the Sherwood’s.  As we store our remaining household items at their house this allowed us to store two of our dining table chairs giving us more room in the living room.  While here we then actually took a plane to Portland, Oregon to visit with our daughter and her husband.  This was the first time I had been on a plane in 5 years!  I do not miss the hassle of airports and the cramped traveling.  BUT, we had a great time in Portland seeing all the sights and visiting with our daughter and her husband.   Here are some pictures from our visit:

Happy mother and daughter taking an “ussie” at a stop on the Columbia River Highway.

View of Portland from the aerial tram to the top of “Pill Hill”.

Me at a cider tasting event.  NO, I was not asleep!  Great time tasting many local hard ciders.

Our daughter and son-in-law having fun at Smash Putt.

Yes, it always rains in Portland (you’re welcome Tyler).

Back to Nashville and then head to Knoxville with our trailer.  This time we decided to stay at a different RV park as it has a better monthly rate and hopefully no stink bugs. The park is in Lenoir City and is a little closer to our daughter’s house and my nephew’s.  The spaces are huge and, so far, no stink bugs.  We will see if they come out when we return in August/September.

Since being in Knoxville we attended a lacrosse game to watch my nephew’s son play, took a nice evening boat ride on the river in my nephew’s boat and attended the high school graduation of my nephew’s daughter.

Our youngest daughter (right) with the graduating senior.

Family fun on my nephew’s patio.

We are here for another week then head up to the Chicago area for a week to get some repairs done on our RV.  Besides the replacement of the microwave we now have a new issue as one of our AC units went out this week and it has been hot here!

Route:  From New Orleans we took Interstate 10 east to Interstate 59 north stopping in Meridian.  From Meridian we continued on Interstate 59/20 north to Birmingham where we picked up Interstate 65 into the Nashville area, stopping in Goodlettsville.  From Goodlettsville we took Interstate 65 south to Interstate 40 east to Highway 321 south to Lenoir City.