Quantifying
Uh yeah, I slipped away on vacation, sometime between checking on my sister and cleaning the small fish pond. Six and a half euphoric days which were uninterrupted by news of broken hips or impromptu visits to the emergency room. So, there was one visit to the emergency room, but my mother thought it best not to disturb the sanctity of vacation, and send the announcement in the form of a letter instead. Thoughtful, isn’t she? Grandma is recovering from her tumble, albeit with a black eye, and she is using her walker for the moment. Growing older is a real bitch.
So about the vacation? Great Smokey Mountains National Park. Yadda, yadda, yadda. Yearly visit. Yadda, yadda, yadda. Of course, there was hiking. Yadda, yadda, yadda. Local color. Yadda, yadda, yadda. No wireless. Yadda, yadda, yadda. Decent food. Yadda, yadda, yadda. And good weather.
In brief:
200, Number of deer spotted at Cade’s Cove.
41, Number of wild Turkeys spotted.
30 Miles hiked.
8 Games of Miniature Golf played.
7 Bears spotted.
7 Mullets viewed when we chose the incorrect restaurant.
5 Number of stones gathered.
2, Number of felines that will not allow me ten seconds of privacy to myself since having returned.
1 Number of bites my better half received while illegally feeding wild life.
1 Number of books I finished reading on holiday.
0 patches of moss transplanted
*To see photos from the trip, click here
Oh and Bob, I snapped a photo of a little something for you. It has a relatively new paint job. I’ve seen it parked out side the pancake restaurant for a few years, on our continual jaunts to the Smokies. She’s had little body work since I first saw her, but it looks as though the effort paid off.
April 26th, 2009 at 9:25 am
Looks like there was plenty of moss in the woods. I love that moss green paint on the VW, too.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a pileated woodpecker in person. Impressive.
April 26th, 2009 at 11:06 am
I don’t understand why you would call a restaurant with that many mullets the wrong choice???????
Love the pictures. That woodpecker is a beaut all roight!
April 27th, 2009 at 8:31 am
For a split second, I thought you were going to say that you stayed in the camper during your trip – that would’ve made us BFF! The fact that you thought of me and took the picture rates pretty damned high in my book, anyway.
sounds like a yadda yadda yadda time was had by all.
Thanks for the picture – someone obviously loves VW’s as much as I do.
April 28th, 2009 at 8:44 am
De, the woodpecker was about 8 feet from the car. she was magnificent.
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meno, we were exhausted, and famished. Oh, did I forget to mention, it was karaoke night?
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Bob, my first car was a ‘69 Beetle. We saw lots of classic cars, but chevys and fords are a dime a dozen.