Tuesday, August 22, 2017

LOVE FROM HOME, CELEBRATING BIRTHDAY-ECLIPSE


GREG & OLIVIA DROVE DOWN FROM OHIO TO CELEBRATE GREG'S BIRTHDAY AND SEE THE ECLIPSE.


AUGUST 20
B DAY PRESENTS!  REESE CUPS AND SMOOTHIE
GREG LOVES SMOOTHIES!!

OLIVIA & ROWDY FLYNN

RELAXING ON THE PICNIC TABLE

LUNCH TIME!

OUR CAMP FOR 2 NIGHTS

ALL SET UP AND READY TO CAMP!

CHECKING OUT WHERE WE PLAN TO WATCH THE ECLIPSE

NATURALIST FEEDS THE TURKEY VULTURE AND GIVES US SOME INTERESTING INFORMATION

HAVING FUN IN THE JEEP

THE FRONT ROW!!!




AUGUST 21
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GREG!
HAPPY ECLIPSE DAY!
GETTING READY TO GO TO OUR VIEWING SPOT

LOADING THE WELDERS HELMET

WORK STILL NEEDS TO GET DONE!!

 AT OUR SITE TO VIEW ECLIPSE


APPROVED GLASSES!!!

ALL SET UP, WAITING.....

NICE SHADES!

LOL

HAVING SOOOO MUCH FUN

CHECKING PROGRESS

SAFELY!

PEEK A BOO

SO AWESOME!

CUTE MOTH VISITS

CHECKING PROGRESS

HOME MADE ECLIPSE VIEWER THRU PIN HOLE






HOPE THE VIDEO WORKS

GETTING DARKER & COOLER






OTIS WIMPERS....  ROOSTERS CROWED... COWS MOO'D
SUCH AN AWESOME EXPERIENCE
ANOTHER VIDEO
SAYING GOODBYE

AN AMAZING DAY

CARDS AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES

LOADING UP THE CHAIRS

Saturday, August 19, 2017

AUG 14 - AUG 19 HARRISON BAY STATE PARK



STILL AT HARRISON BAY STATE PARK IN TENNESSEE.  A BEAUTIFUL PARK AND WE LIKE IT A LOT.  THE DEER ROAM THE CAMPGROUND MORNING & NIGHT.  THE VIEWS ARE ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL AND CAMPGROUND IS VERY PEACEFUL THRU THE WEEK AND VERY BUSY ON THE WEEKEND!


AUGUST 14

BEAUTIFUL VIEW FROM THE END OF OUR CAMP AREA LOOP

THE DEER HEADING TO OUR SIDE OF THE ROAD

A CLOSER VIEW


AUGUST 17

OUR NIECE, MELISSA, COMES TO VISIT ALL THE WAY FROM OHIO!!!

AUGUST 19

THE CAMPGROUND IS REALLY FULL GETTING READY FOR THE ECLIPSE ON MONDAY AUGUST 21.  WE HAD TO MOVE FROM OUR SITE THAT WE HAD BEEN ON FOR 6 DAYS TO ANOTHER FOR SATURDAY NIGHT
THE NEW SITE HAS A BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF THE LAKE RIGHT BEHIND OUR SITE

MELISSA, BECKY & OTIS!

THE SITES ARE REALLY CLOSE OVER IN AREA A, AND IT IS MUCH HOTTER HERE.  NOT AS MANY TREES!  

GREG GETS OUT THE GUITAR AND PLAYS US SOME PRETTY TUNES

A BEAUTIFUL SUNSET OVER THE LAKE

Sunday, August 13, 2017

CATCHING UP 8/4/2017 - 8/13/2017



WIFI HAS BEEN EXASPERATING AT THE CAMP WE ARE NOW IN.  PANTHER CREEK STATE PARK, MORRISTOWN TENNESSEE.  IT IS A BEAUTIFUL, QUIET CAMPGROUND WITH ONLY 50 SITES, BUT THE WIFI IS EXTREMELY SLOW.....  CAN'T GET THE PICS TO LOAD ON THE BLOG SO AM GOING TO GIVE UP FOR NOW AND TRY ANOTHER TIME!

WE HAD A PEACEFUL WEEK AT PANTHER CREEK.  TOOK WALKS EVERY DAY.  WATCHED IT RAIN ALMOST EVERYDAY!  WE PULLED OUT OF CAMP AFTER A HUGE DOWN POUR SATURDAY AUG. 12. EVERYTHING OUTSIDE WAS WET.....  HAD TO DRY IT THE BEST WE COULD TO BE OUT OF THERE BY NOON.  HEADED BACK TO KNOXVILLE AND PARKED AT WALMART FOR A FEW HOURS.  ANOTHER HUGE DOWNPOUR THAT ROCKED JOSIE.....  WENT TO CRACKER BARREL WHERE OUR FRIENDS BRENDA & STEVE PICKED US UP AND WE ALL WENT TO OLIVE GARDEN FOR SUPPER.  WE HAD A VERY NICE DINNER AND VISIT.  WE STAYED THE NIGHT AT CRACKER BARREL AND HEADED TO HARRISON BAY STATE PARK WHERE WE HAVE RESERVED 3 DIFFERENT SPOTS UNTIL AUG. 22.  THE CAMPGROUNDS AROUND HERE ARE BOOKED FOR THE ECLIPSE AND IT IS HARD TO GET A SITE!  WE ARE GOOD TO GO THO, ONLY HAVE TO MOVE A FEW TIMES TO BE ABLE TO STAY HERE UNTIL THE ECLIPSE COMES AND GOES.  HOPE THE WEATHER IS GOOD AND WE GET TO SEE IT ON THE 21ST.


THE WIFI IS STILL GIVING ME FITS.... BUT STILL TRYING FOR THE PICS!


AUGUST 4TH
GREG MAKES JOSIE SHINE

AUGUST 6
TEDDY ROOSEVELT, HE WAS HURT IN AN ACCIDENT & CAN'T SEE OUT OF 1 EYE. THE PARK TAKES CARE OF HIM SINCE CAN'T. HOW NICE!

OTIS & GREG TAKE A CLOSER LOOK

OUR HOME @ PANTHER CREEK FOR THE WEEK

AUG 7

WE CHECK OUT THE OVERLOOK OF CHEROKEE LAKE

A GRAY MISTY DAY, BUT STILL BEAUTIFUL

AUG 8

I DID A LITTLE "CONSTRUCTION" ON THE SIGN MY GOOD FRIEND TINA SHARROCK GAVE ME AT THE END OF LAST SCHOOL YEAR.  THANK YOU TINA!  

AUG 10
TRYING A YOU TUBE VIDEO
HOPE IT WORKS!


AUG 13
HARRISON BAY STATE PARK
ANOTHER YOU TUBE VIDEO
WAS TRYING TO GET A VIDEO OF THE 6 DEER THAT ROAM IN OUR CAMP AREA
DIDN'T COME OUT THAT WELL, BUT WE CAN TRY AGAIN SINCE WE WILL BE HERE FOR A WEEK!