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After our weekend vacation

Saturday 22 March 2014

We drove from Deer Run RV Resort to Friendsville, TN, about mid-morning for a “weekend vacation” and to stay with Carl and Donna. While vacationing on Saturday, Janet and I hiked, with our friends Carl and Donna, about 2 1/4 miles on the Tremont Trail in the Smokey Mountains. [See Hiking the Tremont Trail, TN in the “Gallery.”] The forecast for the day was 40% rain; but, as the hours advanced, the day became more beautiful–blue sky, moderate temperatures, and a light breeze. The dense tree growth along the trail was quite naked, since the Spring-time leaves haven’t yet begun to emerge; but, the lack of foliage does allow great views of the babbling stream paralleling the trail and of the massive boulders creating natural dams and boiling rapids as the stream makes its way down the mountain side.

About 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 miles up the trail we came upon  Continue reading After our weekend vacation →

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Alaska Adventure – Leg #1 (part 2)

Monday 17 March 2014 – Visit with Carl and Donna

Janet and I awoke, ate breakfast, prepared the rig for travel, and departed Harvest Moon RV Park, heading to Tennessee, in between rain bands. We planned to meet with our dear friends, Carl and Donna, in Friendsville, TN, and to proceed to Maryville, where we were having the tires on the Volvo and on the Mobile Suites replaced with new, virgin rubber tires. [The tires on the Volvo were 7 years old and on the MS, almost, 7 y.o. For more, in-depth account of our on road “adventure” and tire purchase, click Travel or the “Travel” menu tab, above.]

Donna was waiting for us along the route to the tire store and led us Continue reading Alaska Adventure – Leg #1 (part 2) →

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Alaska Adventure – Leg #1

Sunday 16 March 2014 – Good bye, Yukon, FL

It took Janet and I about 2 hours to prepare the Mobile Suites for travel. Not that there was so much to do, it was more that we haven’t gone through the preparation in such a long time–and, being methodical, we stopped after nearly each step to consider whether we have omitted anything prior to that step. We, also, were chatting quite a bit as we worked. [As we’ve been advised by more experienced travelers, we will develop a written checklist for “departures” and another written checklist for “arrivals.”]

It was such a beautiful day, temperature in the mid-70s (F) and sunny with a few clouds–a stark contrast to the forecast of 60% chance of rain. The forecast for our planned travel route Continue reading Alaska Adventure – Leg #1 →

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Living in Yukon, FL – December 2013

Janet and I had planned to move to Yukon, FL, from Oak Hill, FL, during December 2013; well, it happened in November…we arrived on 30 November, about 14:30! We left sunny, but partly cloudy, Oak Hill and arrived to an overcast, foggy Yukon/Jacksonville. The temperature change was, probably, only about -10ºF, but a significantly higher humidity.