We're here in Chatanooga TN....woo-hoo....The ride so far has been uneventful, but thankfully safe. We headed out a little later than I would have liked today, but still made good time. We arrived at the hotel around 5ish...Thanks Jeff!!! We did stop in Roanoke VA which turned out to be a tremendous waste of time and I am currently penning a letter to the city of Roanoke requesting they give me 2 hours of my life back..After deciding to stop there to check out the local history, we came upon a book store which turned out to be more of a [View Full Entry]

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I have been travelling now for somewhere in the region of five to six weeks, and am only now realising my long-formulated plans of blog-writing. Better late than never, I suppose. So, I guess that I should begin with a brief introduction about my trip for the legions of fans that I'm sure this blog will captivate. Where to start? In brief, I am travelling through the Americas - having begun in New York and San Francisco - and now working my way to Miami, from whence I'll be flying to Mexico, busing through Central America, and eventually flying to [View Full Entry]

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I left my home setting my whell westward...back once more toward Greeneville TN, with an intention of turning north on SR 70 and then looking for some new roads to explore. I'm sure we all have heard of the saying, "The best laid plans of men and mice..." Everytime I run out this way, I see the sign that points the way to <a href="http://www.tennessee.gov/environment/parks/DavyCrockettSHP/">Davey Crocket's Birthplace State Park in Limestone TN.</a> Every time I pass it, I think to myself, I should take the time.... This time, there were signs advertising th [View Full Entry]

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We left Indiana after halloween with a week ahead of no college parties. They were great fun but to get back into tourist mode was great. We headed down to Memphis from Indiana hoping that it would take us around 5 hours, it ended up taking about 10 and Norman was feeling pretty ropey, shaking like a drunk in need of alcohol! In the end we stopped just outside Memphis and checked into a super 8 motel. These hotels are just like the hotel from my name is earl, horrible! The next morning we headed to Graceland, the main reason for [View Full Entry]

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Mark posting: As Liz mentioned we had an exhausting day of packing on Thursday and we followed that up with a marathon day of driving beginning very early on Friday. More than seventeen hours after leaving DC we arrived in Memphis, TN safely and with all our belongings in tow. We found our hotel, the Holiday Inn Select, with only a minor hiccup - that being when the Garmin proudly announced we had arrived at our destination in the parking lot of an Olive Garden. I could give the little lady (it's a female voice on the Garmin and I call [View Full Entry]

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We drove up to ShelbyvilleTn from North Carolina hoping for better weather during our last three days and fortunately found it! Got to our B&B and found out that George Dickle distillery is closed on Sunday and Monday so if we wanted to visit we would have to make a mad dash for the last tour at 3:30 PM. Its in the town of Normandy so we "stormed" over with 15 minutes to spare. It a small batch distillery which we have come to find out have all been bought up by the these large conglomerates such as Diageo who owns [View Full Entry]

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Hey all, we've been home since last Wednesday, but I haven't had a chance to post. So here's what happened: We left Florence on Sunday morning under overcast skies and occasional sprinkles. As we headed downriver the sprinkles turned to drizzle and the drizzle to rain. We anchored again at Whetstone Branch, thinking we'd be sheltered from the wind, finding instead that the surrounding hills funnelled the wind into the cove. We anchored farther back in the inlet than we normally do, but the anchor didn't grip as well, so we moved out a little. It rained all afternoon and most [View Full Entry]

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We left on Tuesday morning and stopped for the night at Marsh Creek, an anchorage we'd always wanted to try. It was a beautiful spot, quiet and off the river. There was a dredge working near the mouth of the creek, but they quit around 4:30 and we enjoyed the peacefulness and the solitude. The next morning we were greeted with fog, which cleared out by mid morning. We were surprised when we got back on the river that the fog had not cleared there yet. It didn't take long until it burned away except for a few wisps of low [View Full Entry]

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ON THE ROAD AGAIN: 2009 GREAT WESTERN ADVENTURE WEEK NINE: NORTHBROOK, IL TO SARASOTA, FL : THE LAST LEG Tuesday, July 21 There were fond farewells to Ellie and Lou as we took off mid morning for the table top flat land around the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. I had a delightful reunion when Dena, Mandy’s nursery school teacher, met us near I-74 to give us a tour of the campus. The Illini Union was as beautiful as ever but I stopped at the university building most memorable to me, the Krannert Center for Performing Arts where, under the [View Full Entry]

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The Show goes on! More merriment on stage. [View Full Entry]

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