Hello everyone and those on the road to east TN for the hang out. Hope all is well.

 

Good Friday morning Tennessee..

 

Happy Friday to everyone!

 

Cades Cove in the mountain I believe is closed for repairs. Knoxville likes to move their barrels, so I can't tell ya about roads, they don't like people getting used to using access roads around construction, so they move it around at a whim.

 

HOWDY Y'ALL TENUSEA'ns. It's try'n to rane. We'ns is wet allredy. The deer R eat'n the sweet potato's and the rakun's be in D corn - not sure which to shoot. N-E way, they'll be fat latr when season opens. 'av a nice day...

 

Morning, all! Gloomy-looking day.

 

Good Morning All!

 

Yea we like to move our barrels around we have been on I 40 around the end of 640 since may even though we have been done with it since July. Just wait til Henley Street Bridge is closed down next year. BTW Cades cove is open now

 

Hello everyone... hope everyone takes time to remember 9/11 today.

Scott... Ray and I will be down in Smokies next weekend. Its our anniversary. (for those of you who know Ray... Yes I have put up with him for 6 yrs. HAHA. But i sure do love him!)

Looks like my day of going shopping has turned into a day of cleaning since it is pouring the rain!!!
Everyone have a good day!!

 

Thanks Amanda!

Happy Anniversary!

 

Rainy night....have a great Sunday!

 

Henley should have been down a long time ago, like before they started all the upgrades on the other side of it, common sense is to make the bridge up to date before optimizing the road to increase traffic.
I thought the Cove was gonna be a longer process, boy was it in bad shape, I remember when the weather wiped out the main road and Parsons Branch was down a year. Years ago I walked up to the Elkmont Lodge before it was torn down, the rich logging businessman's hangout, wish I had taken pictures back then. Abrams falls is beautiful, but a long walk, not safe anymore due to bear activity, 2 1/2 hour walk on a winding foot trail, a quick way to get lost running from bears.

 

GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY ...AND also to our neighbors. maples01 - it seems as tho, you've mentioned a fine place for the hunters when "Bear Season" opens = interesting...
We've been watching deer around the house and under the apple trees < in the yard< and a couple flocks of turkeys daily - there are 4 NICE toms in the mix. I'm thinking Thanksgiving & she says we'll buy one AT THE STORE. I had a couple nice young bucks munch the field as they worked past the house just after sundown. One looked like a nice forked horn ( 4 or 6 point ). Didn't get a clear view of his head.( My 10 point muley needs a "friend" on the wall) The chestnuts are getting ready to start dropping......

 

Wrong, there is a bear problem because it is in the National Park, they are protected, no hunting. Hope dad can get a deer or two at the farm, cut back on them from eating the garden next year.

 

A beautiful morning! Hope everyone has a great day!