The second day of the trip and we had two things planned this day: meet with Stephen’s family for lunch and then the other thing besides Clingman’s Dome that I wanted to do, the Skybridge. Lunch was great! It was …
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A Gatlinburg Weekend: Part 1
I started with the last of the trip when I wrote about our hike to Clingman’s dome last week; now, let me continue on with the rest of the trip. Earlier in July we planned for a weekend away. Originally, …
A Walk up to Clingman’s Dome
Hello, hello! It is a bright and early Monday morning for me, how about you? And about this time last Monday, we were driving up a mountain. We had the chance to take a short little trip to the Smoky …
Last Week as Seen by my Phone…
Well summer is moving along as expected, way too fast! Before I knew it, it was the weekend and now here we are Monday, already into another week. I had intended on posting this Friday, but that day came and …
Dear Diary 2019: Two Weekends of Fun
Another week, another story to tell over here. There was a lot of downtime, I guess you could say, since you last heard from me. My day to day has been consumed by grading papers, shuffling through grade sheets, and …
Dear Diary 2018: Week 50
We’re down to just about the last week of 2018. How is that even possible? More catching up to do, but the last couple of weeks haven’t been that eventful anyway, so no one is really lacking much by my …
Branson, Same Vacation Different Year, Part 2
Continuing on from where I last left off (you can find Part 1 here)… Wednesday: This morning we got up to an alarm. We had an early morning planned. First thing, breakfast at the Cracker Barrel, because a vacation just …
Branson, Same Vacation Different Year, Part 1
We spent another week in Branson, MO. This was our fourth time going, and I almost feel like the locals should know us by now. As we always do, we had a wonderful time. I’d say maybe a bit more …
A Day in the Life: Lake Day
Our annual lake day has come and gone. We missed it last year, but happy to say after sitting another year, the jet ski still worked and all our lake stuff made it’s way into the garage – where it …
Rejoice for the Day 