[at-l] Man! We need a hike!!!

[Cody Girl]

Grayson Highlands would do nicely I think.  It was one of my favorite parts
on the AT, I definitely want to do a hike there in the future.  It is
lovely!

On Oct 25, 2010 9:32 AM, "Tenacious Tanasi" <tenacious_tanasi at yahoo.com>
wrote:
> Let me try that again! My silleh laptop is a bit trigger happy this
morning.
> sheesh!
>
> All weekend long we've been picking up those last minute items;
> cleaning/reorganizing the house; decorating; and setting up canopies for
our
> Halloween party that is going to be this weekend. Last night we fell into
bed
> totally exhausted well after 10 pm.
>
> Then the storms rolled through last night/this morning. The canopies had
been
> ripped up and thrown around like straw. Michael had already left for work,
and
> I was here by myself. I grabbed my rain gear and headed out to try to tie
it
> down. Just as I got over to it in the whipping rain, it started lighting
like
> crazy! I took off for the house. What a light show!
>
> I was talking to Michael when all of that occurred. Of course he turned
right
> around and headed back to the house. There were several reports of downed
> trees, and then he ran into a couple of wrecks. While I was waiting on him
all
> I could do was sit on the front porch and watch helplessly as the wind
would
> pick it up, toss it about, and then throw it back down. Just before
Michael got
> home it slacked off a bit. We were able to dismantle the mess, pull pieces
from
> the trees, and pick everything up out of the neighbor's yard.
>
> At first we were both grumpy as we'd killed ourselves all day yesterday
getting
> those blasted things up. GAH! All of that work for naught! At least by the

> end of it we were able to joke with one another about it. And, I just had
to
> giggle though when Michael had first gotten home he came into the living
> room where I sat dejectedly, leaned over me, planted a kiss on my
forehead, and
> said, "It's OK, Ma'am. The National Guard is here. Everything is going to
be
> alright." LOL!!!
>
> We both agreed that after working so hard to put this party together we
deserve
> a break! Man! We need a hike!!!
>
> We're definitely going to go somewhere for the Thanksgiving holiday. My
> daughters don't come up to see me any more... haven't seen them since
August...
> haven't spoken to them in weeks. They don't text or call me any more.
Their
> Momma has become an inconvenience next to Jerrica having a boyfriend and
Tori
> just going along with the crowd. So, we know they won't be coming up. And,

> Michael's family really hasn't said anything about getting together. After

> doing all this for Halloween, I don't know that I want to cook for a big
crowd.
> And, we really don't want to sit around the house for the holiday season.
>
> So, if you had only 4 days, where would you go that might be within a few
hours
> of Sevierville, TN? Yes, I know that we live in the heart of the
Smokies...but
> we want to get away from here... escape for a few days. Tenacious Tanasi
>
>
>
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