Somehow the pictures of me on the highest points in Tennessee and Alabama pale in comparison with the picture taken at Kearsarge Pass (11,760 ft.)-- which inspires me to continue backpacking each summer as long as I am able. Bill and I drove to Cheaha State Park last week--to Mt. Cheaha, the highest point in the state. The view up at the top would have been nice on a clear day--but we were there on a hazy and humid day. An easy drive off I-20 if you are ever in the neighborhood!
Our fellow campers are departing here at Oak Mountain State Park--checkout time is 11 am. The park has this unusual 8 pm curfew when the gates are supposed to be locked--thankfully they were a bit tardy last night as we were a few minutes late following a nice BBQ dinner with Jerry Dailey and his wife Carolyn in Bessemer. Without breaking too many traffic laws we made it back to the comforts of the motorhome before the gates were locked.
Today we are packing up and cleaning the coach preparing for the drive up to Nashville. A few days there--and the Fourth of July holiday--before heading north to a 1000 Trails preserve near Louisville, Kentucky. Mom will be there next week and we hope to be able to meet up with her and her husband John during our travels. The preserve has a nine-hole golf course so I am hoping to work on my game. We played three rounds this week at Oak Mountain State Park--a nice course just down the road. In Tennessee I could not chip one at all--here, it was the best part of my game. At some point I hope to put it all together and have a memorable round of golf! Maybe when we get back to Phoenix and we are playing a round with brother Bob at Viewpoint!
More Later...
Susan
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