We're moving south!

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Dear Blog Dudes & Dudettes, Well, we are on the move again and this time it is south. From Albany, NY, we headed into Eastern Pennsylvania to Lickdale...cheap food, clean restrooms, and Christmas lights & decorations everywhere...and this was just in the campground...oh yes, and rain. Off to the tip of Maryland and a mid-state stop at Flatwood, West Virginia. We stayed on scenic by-ways and viewed Monongahela Nat'l Forest, Alleheny Mts., and the beauty of "West Virginy, Mt. Mama, take me home country roads!" Wanted to stop and visit with the Hatfields & McCoys, but they were not to be found. One name stands out most prominently here, however, Robert C. Byrd Appalachian Highway or US 19; it's a 4 or 6 lane divided highway that cuts through WV going north to south. Was he on the highway appropriations committee? At this time of year it was not heavily traveled. We mosied into Virginia and ended up in Tennessee at Gatlinburg "Gateway to the Great Smokies." We had to drive past an abominable town Pigeon Forge; skip it if you can! It is an almost Las Vegas strip mall town with lots of neon and Dollyland. UCK! If it weren't for the Smokies ahead of us, we would have turned around. We are in a lovely campground on a creek, 1 of 6 and will spend tomorrow at Great Smoky Nat'l Park; the most frequented nat'l park at 10 million per year. Hopefully we'll have photos tomorrow. love, DWT

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