tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074893393280780220.post693001431427107504..comments2024-01-14T02:47:37.835-08:00Comments on Semi-True Tales of Our Life on the Road: EXPLORING THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY AND GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARKLaurie and Odelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08160352835343733761noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074893393280780220.post-30678932182528672922010-04-12T05:52:50.388-07:002010-04-12T05:52:50.388-07:00Cades Cove is the name of the drive-through settle...Cades Cove is the name of the drive-through settlement. Pretty interesting - could spend a day there. I am pretty sure you would have to drive through the park to Gatlinburg (not in Scoopy!), exit the park, and drive a few miles on local roads to re-enter the park at Cades Cove. Might be worth it, if you have a day. Since you already did the same kind of thing on the other side, it might be repetitive.Roger and Diannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074893393280780220.post-21115406938267312002010-04-11T20:26:51.620-07:002010-04-11T20:26:51.620-07:00In my backpacking trip of approx 900 miles on the ...In my backpacking trip of approx 900 miles on the Appalachian Trail, I was in the Smokies at Easter, which would have probably been sometime in April. I loved it then - didn't see the rhodies until I reached southern Virginia, but the vistas in the Smokies were spectacular. I have backpacked there in all seasons and I think I like early spring the best.Gypsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18052445200220681513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074893393280780220.post-7028668538693191882010-04-11T19:50:09.993-07:002010-04-11T19:50:09.993-07:00Laurie and Odel, I am sorry the trees and plants h...Laurie and Odel, I am sorry the trees and plants haven't started turning, I traveled the Blue Ridge Parkway as a kid on vacation during the summer. Beautiful, very enjoyable drive. You like to think about the people that lived there? You should try to visit the Great Smokey Mountain National Park in Gatlinburg. Another great park, there is a drive through where families lived in the mountains, there are homes, etc. If you enjoy reading there is a great book about that area, Christy, by Catherine Marshall. Tells how the mountain folk lived many years ago, probably some still do. Enjoying your travels, thanks for sharing!Mary Lou Montgomerynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074893393280780220.post-34018106106282304322010-04-11T17:10:23.210-07:002010-04-11T17:10:23.210-07:00I have a more personal question. How in the world ...I have a more personal question. How in the world do you keep your weight under control with all those great dining out meals? Looking good lady. Keep it upTexas Roadrunnershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17422661241457280576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074893393280780220.post-19344317988266707452010-04-11T12:11:43.258-07:002010-04-11T12:11:43.258-07:00Rojo, that is just how I am - so curious about the...Rojo, that is just how I am - so curious about the prior inhabitants! Especially when you see a home fallen to ruin... wasn't there someone in the family to take it? Why wasn't it sold? So much hard work and effort, soon to be erased. I long to know those stories!<br /><br />Elaine, yes, that is forsythia. Healthy, huh?!Laurie and Odelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08160352835343733761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074893393280780220.post-72214822844032066662010-04-11T09:55:26.771-07:002010-04-11T09:55:26.771-07:00Happy you got to see that park, I LOVED this park ...Happy you got to see that park, I LOVED this park although we saw it in the fall, and it looks so different in the spring. The views are spectacular, and your photos too!Mottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10905245750531969188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074893393280780220.post-849435857088904842010-04-11T09:50:23.569-07:002010-04-11T09:50:23.569-07:00I am learning so much from you, Laurie! (Go to th...I am learning so much from you, Laurie! (Go to the Parkway in May!) The other thing that amazes me, as a new retiree, is that even when fulltiming, time gets in the way. I envisioned long days of ambling about the country doing whatever came next. I am not fulltiming yet, but I see that maybe it isn't like that even when you are. We are planning out northern route fall trip, and I see the timing and scheduling thing already happening!Sue Malonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00332448503740101970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074893393280780220.post-48835030731622946402010-04-11T09:23:07.111-07:002010-04-11T09:23:07.111-07:00Is that forsythia (the yellow bush) blooming in th...Is that forsythia (the yellow bush) blooming in the background at the homestead? Your photos are a pleasure to view, as always.Elaine Schaefer Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15659700039995005561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074893393280780220.post-18219821327480722882010-04-11T09:03:32.779-07:002010-04-11T09:03:32.779-07:00I agree that exploring the lives of the people tha...I agree that exploring the lives of the people that settled there would be interesting. Ever time I pass an old deserted farmstead on a back road, my thoughts wonder.<br /><br /> How many kids were born there, how many people died there,were there happy or sad holidays there, was there enough money, how many broken bones and the list goes on and on.<br /><br />Now the old places are falling down.No one to care for it anymore, where did all of it's people go? If only they could talk, what would they tell us?<br /><br />RojoRojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09679700497110340976noreply@blogger.com