Red Carpet Inn Wilkesboro

Given the title I'm sure you can guess what we have encountered today, and not just a little rain but a whole lot of it. Flash flood warnings in some of the areas we drove through. There hasn't been a break all day.

The day started with walking the streets of Gatlinburg, TN which is just another pretty cool touristy town with tons of shops. We were really looking forward to seeing the Smoky ...

Sept. 17 - Thurs.: Hung out in motel room at Roanoke, Va today, waiting on some heavy rain to move on through just south, in our path. Left about 11:00 am in heavy traffic, but still got caught in some pretty good mist and fog ....some places, visibility to less than 200 yds, but cleared up quickly on down the road. (Clouds ...

... on the Rock Chef Challenge Heat 3~ $5 ($10 for pass to all Saturday heats) 8pm ~Fire on the Rock Chef Challenge Heat 4~ $5 ($10 for pass to all Saturday heats) Sunday, April 19 Be sure to turn in your Scavenger Hunt Cards for the 2pm Grand Prize drawing at the Fire on the Rock Finale!! 11am ~Festival Champagne Brunches~ Locations to be announced. 2pm ~Fire on the Rock Grand Finale~ $7

We just returned to the Blue Ridge parkway area after a deliteful side trip to visit friends in Virginia. Lots of rain moved thru during our trip to Virginia, but the sun came out and it got cool. A lot of folkes are in the area and we had to wait a long time to get a table at the resturant. The ...

... in each direction as it meanders its way thru Virginia and North Carolina on the way to the Great Smokey Mountains. We have covered 230 miles of the 469 total length so far and have had several encounters with local wildlife, mainly deer running out in front of us!!

... of the journey saw us begin to drive past fields and meadows as well as the woodland. We arrived at our campground, Doughton Park late afternoon and settled ourselves into a nice pitch on the edge of the woodland where we could see plenty of deer and squirrels and hopefully a bear! Miles travelled: 96 Total miles travelled: 11828 Days on road: 105 States visited: 21 National Parks visited: 13

... across western Europe. Greg was a bit anxious about not only sleeping in the train station but backtracking to Switzerland alone. I totally understood, as I was not making it easy on him by returning to the comfortable States, home cooking, and friendly & familiar faces. It was now time for him to take control of the navigation- getting acquainted with various metro and bus lines- and experience the excitement of moving about on international turf. Meanwhile, I was sad to be ...

... But she doesn't move or apologize and she has her ticket and program in her hand. We all just stare at her and I am still standing there without any pants on. We never found out who she was and why she was backstage. I know it isn't the most interesting story ever, but hey, I gotta write something for each city, right???

... this is it is a way to get internet through your phone for the computer. You just connect it up and you got internet on the ROAD!!!! A little thank you for Nancy for the turkey sandwiches this afternoon! More stories to come soon. Chris and Kara

Our first Entry is not only a test, but a brief overview of the planned upcoming trip. Today we had our first meeting to discuss the trip in detail, (of course over wine and yummy snacks!) The things we learned: Brook can't live without coffee! Hank is a hypacondriac. Peter is now rethinking his choice to join the trip ...