Magnuson Hotel Sweetwater

... from Aaron Brothers though. Great views in the afternoon sun allowed us to see how difficult it was for the north to scale the mountain. Once conquered though, after 45 days of working on it, the north was able to secure lookouts to continue funneling in troops to Atlanta and Vicksburg.

Through this city and an hour north we retire in the small sleepy town of Athens, Tennessee. After check in, we headed into “Downtown ...

... echo in my mind as the played in the square.




Sunset in CuscoThen we were off to the amazing Cathedral, and you were not allowed to take pictures here but it was amazing, just amazing. So much Gold and rare wood filled this holy place. And they had a picture of the last supper and instead of ...

Sweetwater Decks, John Mortimer We spent some time with John Mortimer, NADRA's immediate past president. What the heck is Okra? The Mortimer's sure got a kick of us not hearing of it before. John and Susan Mortimer have a beautiful home atop a mountain overlooking the valley and in the far distance you can even see the Smokey Mountains. We all owe John a great ...

Got up this morning, had coffee and went out to help Kevin weed the garden. I enjoy having my hands in the earth to feel a little more connected to Mother Nature. Got ready and went out for a short bit. Returned home and I started to pack to leave while Kevin and Sam went out for awhile. Upon their return, it was ok for me to stay the night then get up early and head to ...

We got up this am and went to church. It was an amazing service with a kinda rock band playing and singing. Very well done. The church did a short video with all ages of kids talking about their moms. I sat and had many tears roll down my face as I missed my kids. This is the longest I've ever been away from home. We went back home and then got ready to go for brunch. We went to a market type place ...

Today Sam and I went to some second hand shops to do some looking around. I was hoping to find a really cheap sundress as I don't really have anything "nice" for the warm weather. I figured if I could find something for 5 bucks I'd be ok. Sam found some nice tops and a skirt at a steal. Brand ...

Day 21 Another lazy day. Sam had her lawn done and sofa's cleaned. Watched a little TV and then I cooked supper tonight which I really enjoyed. Made me feel like I was back home cooking for the gang. Did sketti and meatballs. Had an interesting talk with Sam and will be headed off to Florida next. Need a day ...

Day 20 HAd a very quiet, lazy day. Spent some time talking with Sam during the day and then had dinner and talked with her as she played on the computer. Not much to report today, sorry folks! Am starting to miss home as this is the longest I've ...

... go for the kayak. We camped that night, I think I'm not really made for camping. You get cold and don't sleep too well. Have to pack the tent in the morning, and I even had my breakfast served by the master campers Kurt and Salina. It was actually really nice eating a really big pizza and getting into the car after that.

... that out soon. We got up early to say goodbye to Dave and Linda, who went to work today. It's nearly the closing period for Linda and Dave's company, so Linda needed to figure out a significant problem before hitting all of the closing duties. Dave is still relatively new to the company and his job, so he went in to get back on track after taking the last three days off. They left about 7:30 and Brian and I hung around for another couple hours packing and stuff. We pet the ...