Rain -Rain- Rain

Mon. we went to Louisville to see my Aunt Frieda, Uncle Gerald and cousin Barbara. They were doing pretty well. They had just had a flu outbreak at the nursing home so part of it was under quarantine. Yesterday we had rain part of the day and today has been rain for most of the day. It sounds as if that is what we have to look forward to the rest of the week.

Sun. April 25th

This afternoon we were off to the First Baptist Church in Bowling Green, KY Where Paul & Mary's grand daughter Sydney was singing with the the Baptist All State Youth Choir. There were 142 4th 5th & 6th graders from throughout the state that had been selected to sing in it this weekend. They got together Fri. evening and did a performance this morning at another church and then did their final performance this afternoon in Bowling Green. They put on a very good performance.

April 25th 2009

Yesterday Paul & Mary took us about 100 miles east and north to the town of Berea. This is where Paul attended college. Berea University is very similar to the College of the Ozarks in that the student has to demonstrate a financial need and can graduate debt free. the enrollment is limited to 1500 students. We then went to the Renfro Valley where we saw the Bittersweet Cabin Museum and the Renfro Valley music center. We attended a musical comedy presentation and arrived back in Campbellsville about 11PM

Electric Bikes

Last evening ofter supper Nancy & Mary rode their electric bikes that they bought at the Tampa Super Show in Jan. There is a large parking lot across the street that is nearly empty in the evening so they had lots of room to get some experience with them.

Cambellsville, KY

Yesterday it was north on I-75 through the Appalachian Mountains to London, KY where we turned west on rte. 80 to Columbia and then north on rte 55 to Campbellsville where we are parked in the yard of our friends Paul and Mary. WE will be here until the first Mon. in May. As we traveled north into KY the trees had less budding and green so there was still a look of winter to the area as some varieties had not budded at all. There were a lot of pink blossomed Dog Woods as we came west we saw a lot of beautifully flowered white trees that we think may have been cherries. Also as we came west out of the mountains into the rolling wooded country side of Kentucky the pastures were lush and green.

Clinton, Tenn.

This morning it was north about 125 miles on I-75 to Clinton Tenn. located about 15 miles north of down town Knoxville. We are staying at the Fox Camp ground. Our reason for coming here was to spend another day at the Appalachia Museum museumofappalachia.org . We were here two years ago and I believe I did a blog at that time. The great thing about this museum is that the majority of the exhibits have a real life story to go with them. This was all put together by one man. It is located on the farm of his ancestors the exhibits are located in 3 large buildings and then there is all of the log buildings that have been moved in. This evening we drove east about 15 miles up into the Appalachian mountains what a pretty drive. If Aunt Bessie had not been in the motor home she would have felt right at home with the people of this era.

Chattanooga, TN

Today it was I75 all the way to Chattanooga. The temps are 15 degree cooler than when we left Florida. There was evidence of the heavy rains of the past few weeks along the way. We saw very little farm work done or being done. The country side as we came from Atlanta into the hills of northern GA took on a patchwork look of various greens. This was caused by the differing stages of budding out that the various trees were in. This was interspersed with dogwoods in bloom and an occasional Wisteria in full bloom.
We had tried to make arrangements to meet with Anita Caldwell a daughter of my cousin Rodney Wheeler in Atlanta so we could leave Aunt Bessie with her. Things didn't work out so Aunt Bessie is still resting quietly under our bed where we put her before leaving Sebring.
Holiday Trav-L-Park were we are staying tonight sets on a Civil War Battlefield site.