Rolling Back Home

July 3, 2025 After our lovely visit with the chambersontheroad.com in the Great Smoky Mountains, it was time to head back home. On June 26 (Thursday), Bruce and I stopped in at the grab and go breakfast at the resort office, ate, packed up, carried everything out to the truck and took Nox for a […]

Ober Mountain

July 2, 2025 On June 23 (Wednesday), in the morning, Dan and Betty came to our room and met Nox. She was interested in meeting them. After the met and greet, we put Nox in her crate with water and food. Dan drove us to the Townsend Pancake House for breakfast. After breakfast, Dan drove […]

Meeting Up with the Chambers on the Road

July 2, 2025 Bruce drove Cliff the Big Red Truck to the Look Rock Campground in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. The views were spectacular! Betty had kindly texted me where we should park. Once we got to the campground and parked, Betty and Dan were waiting for us. I grabbed the peaches from […]

On the Road Again

June 30, 2025 On June 24 (Tuesday), Bruce started our 4 hour and 51 minute trip (according to Google maps) to Tremont Lodge and Resort. We knew it would take us a bit longer since we would stop for breakfast along the way. We took Alt Hwy 72 to Decatur, AL and crossed the Tennessee […]

Nox, My Cute Little Nox

June 30, 2025 Nox was being her cute self on June 19.

Friends Stop By for Lunch

June 29, 2025 On June 18 (Wednesday), friends we made during our fulltime RVing days, came over for lunch from Guntersville, AL. We had a great time showing them around so they could see all the changes. The last time they were here, we didn’t have much in the way of furniture. Nox loved the […]

Round Zucchini On Trellis

June 28, 2025 On June 17 (Tuesday), I had PT. I let my therapist know about my twisted knee, shoulder and back pain. He had me exercise my knee first then he worked on my neck, shoulder and back. By the time he was done, the pain had faded into the background. I still had […]

A Walk Around Blackberry Homestead

June 28, 2025 On June 15 (Sunday), I told Bruce I needed to take it easy. I woke up with my knee aching. Fortunately, walking wasn’t a problem. Bruce decided to mow the blackberry canes around pine tree number two. He wanted to get closer to the trunks to cut the tree branches off. Pine […]

All the Branches Removed from Pine Tree Number One

June 19, 2025 On June 7 (Saturday), Bruce tackled cutting the remaining branches from pine tree one. Bruce cut off all the long branches. I dragged the branches Bruce cut to the branch piles. Nox seemed interested in the tree, so I put her on the trunk and held her while she looked around. Bruce […]

Timber! Felling Pine Tree Number One

June 7, 2025 On Monday (June 2), Bruce determined the ground was dry and hard enough to take the truck into the back pasture. He wanted to use the truck to help safely take down the pine tree one. Bruce drove the truck into the back pasture and parked it. Using a ladder, Bruce climbed […]