Lenoir City, Tennessee, and surrounding area

It is now Thursday, September 13, 2012, and we have been at Lazy Acres RV Park since last Friday. It truly is Lazy Acres for us and the management, it would appear. We we arrived there was huge pile of red clay around the newly poured pad for the picnic table. Since it all looked very fresh, I had high hopes that someone would be coming soon to take away or at least redistribute the mud. Not so much. Oh well.

Can you find all five deer? I know this picture is so far away they look like turkeys, but they are deer. Trust me.

On Tuesday we visited Cades Cove. Those who are familiar with Cades Cove, you may be as surprised as I was that it was so crowded. We arrived fairly early on Tuesday morning, and the traffic was almost like a train around the eleven-mile loop through the settlement. I was shocked at the amount of traffic. But even though we were pretty much compelled to keep moving, we did get to see a herd(?) of five deer and a bear in a tree.

Can you see the black line in the center? That's a bear. Really. I was there, I saw it, and it moved. There were too many cars for us to stop and get a better picture.

If you don't know about Cades Cove, it is a beautiful valley in the midst of the Smoky Mountains that was settled in the early 1800's by a few hardy pioneers. Their sturdy cabins still stand. It is a truly wild and beautiful place. Larry and I even talked about whether the people who lived here had time to appreciate what a wonderfully beautiful place this is. Larry says that was probably one reason they came, that and the fertile bottom-land.

If anyone remembers that TV program that was based on a young girl who came here as a school teacher, I hope you will post the info here. There was also a book that I think the TV program was based on, but I haven't been able to find that either. I know some of my family and friends will know what I'm talking about. INFO NEEDED.

On Wednesday we had lunch with Doug and Suzanne and then got to pick up Grant from preschool. His grin when we came to the door of his classroom was worth the whole trip. He is a sweetie.

Not much exciting yet, right? What's up with you?