Hiding in the Mountains

A few memories from our week at Hidden Mountain Resort in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee ....

We stayed in this development .... our house is the one all the way to the top right

Dining area, where we enjoyed breakfast together each morning

Scrapple for breakfast .... these packages traveled all the way from Maryland to Tennessee

the living room area ....

enjoying a few relaxing moments on the porch

the view from our porch

a gazebo area near the offices of Hidden Mountain Resort

another view of the development where we stayed ... again, our house is all the way to the top right

a robin admiring herself in a car mirror

The Applewood Farmhouse Restaurant ... my sister Betty's favorite place to dine ...

The Old Mill Restaurant .... our second favorite place

Driving through Cade's Cove ... looking for wildlife

we found lots of flowers ...

... and we tried to photograph each one

Bonnie, David, Betty, Keith ......

"What greater thing is there for human souls than to feel that they are joined for life - to be with each other in silent unspeakable memories."

  ~George Eliot

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... And You Get There In a Car

My sister Bonnie and her husband David and I recently traveled to Pigeon Forge, TN to vacation with my sister Betty and her husband Keith at their favorite spot in the Smoky Mountains.   Here are a few memories from our drive there.   I'll break the vacation up into more than one post because of the number of pictures .... (click photos to enlarge for better views.   I didn't do much editing of these photos ... only what was available through Picasa).

.... everything is somewhere else, and you get there in a car

.... it rained the entire way down to Tennessee.    But the redbud trees were in full bloom and they made the drive beautiful

.... a brief stop at Luray Caverns, where Gary and I went on our honeymoon more than forty years ago

... redbud trees in bloom just outside the Luray Caverns entrance

... who can resist photographing a little girl admiring a little dog?

... to pass the time in the vehicle, I enjoy taking pictures of houses (through the windshield) ... we had a very brief respite from the rain

my dream car .... some day!     (sigh)

Bonnie and David .... taken at a rest stop somewhere in Virginia

... rest stop blossoms

Tennessee ..... yay!  (and it was STILL raining)

Hurrah!    The offices of Hidden Mountain Resort, less than a mile from our final destination!

(to be continued)

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An Afternoon in Ocean City

A few moments from our early-March stroll down the Ocean City Boardwalk ...

 

Early March in Ocean City ..... so very different than the way things will look come June, when the summer season begins in earnest.

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