Goldie's Blurty

You can take the girl out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the girl
I'm back from my big "vacation". Actually we went to spread my Dad's ashes on the trout stream where he fished 3 times a year. Here's the itinerary:

Friday (5/20)- Left home at 7am. Drove through Georgia and South Carolina. Arrived in Johnson City, Tennessee at 9:30pm. Checked into hotel and went to sleep.

Saturday- Wayne flew in and met us at our hotel. We then drove to Shady Valley, Tennessee to buy fishing licenses (and nobody that worked there knew how to make change or type so Wayne had to make the licenses for he and Tyler). Then we drove over the mountains to Damascus, Tennessee to fish. We spent the day at Backbone Rock. Saw the worst car accident I have ever seen. It was on a 2 lane, country road, so we sat in traffic for over an hour, (most of the town was there! haha). Left Damascus, got dinner, and went back to hotel.

Sunday- Checked out of hotel in Johnson City. Drove to Damascus (early) and went to Dad's favorite fishing hole, (on the same stream from Saturday). Wayne said a few words and we poured his ashes into the stream. Went again to Backbone Rock and fished. I caught the biggest fish, but the line broke when I was brining it up. Damn. Went back to Johnson City. Wayne flew out and the rest of us drove to Sevierville, Tennessee. Checked into a hotel. Got dinner. Watched "Who's Line Is It Anyway?", (we finally had cable!!!), and went to bed.

Monday- Got up. Mom and I went to Dollywood in Pigeon Forge. Got dinner. Went back to hotel. Read. Went to bed.

Tuesday- Checked out of hotel. Drove to The Forbidden Caverns, (also in Sevierville). Took the hour tour. Took a bunch of cool pictures and spent sometime in the gift shop. Left there. Drove ALOT. Crossed the Tennessee border. Went to The Smoky Mountain National Park in North Carolina. Went to Clingman's Dome which was on the very top of the mountain. Took some spectacular pictures! Froze my ass off b/c it was 32 degrees up there! Left there and drove to Cherokee, North Carolina. Checked into a hotel. Ate at Big Boy, (oh yeah, I have a pic w/him!). Shopped downtown. Went back to hotel and went to sleep.

Wednesday (5/25)- Shopped again in Cherokee till noon. Started the drive home. Stopped at a glass/jewelry place, (in NC). Then decided to drive through instead of staying the night in Georgia. Stopped for dinner and ice cream in Georgia. Crossed over into Florida and I drove us through Florida. We got in around 1 am. Went to bed.

The end. On Thursday I picked up Sasha and Sapphira from Gary's. I bought a lot of cool stuff! I also got some souvenirs for Gary, Tanya, and Susanne. I don't have the pictures scanned in yet, but I will e-mail everyone the link to them when I do. I'm going back to work tomorrow, so I better get outside and wash my car before it gets dark! Please e-mail me and catch me up on anything I missed when I was out of town.

PS- I am now researching real estate in South Carolina. I can't imagine not seeing the mountains again. It's in my blood. Living in the mountains is part of me. My dad instilled that in me and I miss the country so much. Every time I go up north it reminds me how much I don't fit in Florida.

"People want to judge me. They exercise their open minds. Call me names and make fun of me. I'm not as dumb as you think I am. I might know a thing or two. I really don't care about nothing at all, but I think the world of you" - ALL

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Current Music: ALL - "Think The World"