Monday June 22nd

Townsend, TN

Well, We made it!

Little River

If you go and look at our post last June, you will see there is

WAY MORE WATER this year!

Also,

WE UP GRADED!!

How do you like our new BIG TENT?

This trip started out GREAT!

Then we get to Maryville...

We took a wrong turn to find our favorite place to eat,

there was a BIG thunderstorm that came through and blasted us for a few minutes,

Russ went into Walgreen's to get some things we needed,

the lightning took out their power and it was going to be a while for the computers to come back on, so he put his stuff down and left. Next door was a Target and I had a $5 gift card I won at work, so I used that for some of the things we needed and then we were back on the road.

We get to camp, Not the spot we thought we had reserved! This isn't a bad spot, but there was suppose to be GRASS!!! We took a mental note last year and thought this one had more grass then what it does. AND... the spot is just a little to small for our new tent!

Well, that's not all... We are putting up the tent and guess what??? IT BRAKES!

I had to go to the family dollar store and get a sewing kit and a hammer!

That will stay in our camping box we have started a few years ago.

So, I fix the tent, we get it up and then we get everything out of the car and into the tent...

We borrow an air bed from Michele (Russell's sister). Her words were...

"Do not poke a hole in it, we have to use it at Scott's graduation."

Well, guess what?? NO WE DIDN'T poke a hole in it..it was already there!!!

Good thing I brought a patch kit with us, or we wouldn't have had a bed.

We would have had to sleep on the cold tent floor!

Needless to say, we had a very LONG DAY!

and the story continues.......

Monday June 22nd

Fall Creek Falls

Russ and I take a different route every time we go to the mountains.

This year we drove through Fall Creek Falls State Park.

The Lake

The swimming hole.
There is a sign that says NO DIVING! Do you see this ding dong ding-a-ling
in the picture? He jumped off into the water from there. YES, There was a BIG rock close to where he landed in the water!


A man made dam at the swimming hole

A hanging bridge at the swimming hole.

Ahhhhh... Lunch!

UNO Chicago Grill. Russ and I eat here every time we head to Townsend.

It is in Maryville, if you ever make it this way.

Last year I told the District Mgr (who was there at the time)

They need to open one of these in Huntsville.

A Gift of Love for Alison!

Ms. Virgina Miller from our Church made this

beautiful quilt for Alison.

It matches perfect with the colors in Alison's room.

Thank you Ms. Miller! WE LOVE IT!!

Alison will love it too!

After Church today we took Ms Miller to the

new Mexican place on the square in Athens.

"Maria Bonita" Oh my goodness...

If you have not been, you need to go.

It was AWESOME!!

We hope it sticks around for a long time

it will become one of my favorite places for dinner.

I will catch you all up soon on our life.

There has just been so much going on

these past few weeks.

Till next time....

Lisa