Blogs from Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, North America - page 14

We safely arrived in Knoxville yesterday after getting up very early in the morning on Saturday morning. Unfortunately, we had a car accident after unloading it from the truck. I was pulling in behind Tony at the storage place, and as I was about to turn in, the car behind me ran right into my bumper while I was just sitting still. What a bummer, to have made it all this way, and at the last minute get into an accident! The police came, and helped us to sort it out. However, my insurance card had the wrong VIN number on it for the car (thanks a lot, State Farm!), so now I have to go to court and prove that I was covered at the time of the accident. The policeman gave me a court ... read more

We've decided to share our adventure with an additional traveling companion :) Our journey begins Saturday morning, February 16th. Check back soon to join the fun! ... read more

We were in Knoxville, TN the last two nights. Tuesday morning we hit the venue around 8. It was hard to find, and as we were looking, Kyle parked the big truck in front of a building that the GPS said was the destination. We came up behind him and there were several people asking him questions. Turns out it was the back of the courthouse. When we got there, the U.S. Marshall had Kyle’s license in his hand. Now, Kyle and Rachel were in the truck. And he as dark hair and dark eyes and a full, thick beard that several people refer to as Al Qaeda. And Rachel is of Indian descent. “I am a U.S. Marshall. You cannot park your truck here. This is a courthouse.” Over and over, that’s all he said. ... read more

A few of our favorite things. 1)Best backpacking experience - Yellowstone (with our dear friend Silverchin) 2)Favorite comment - from gentleman in the Prospect Oregon laundrymat in response to my leaving/returning to laundrymat with detergent. “I reckon that the washing machine washes them so good I don’t use detergent”. 3)Favorite bed-Guest bedroom of Joe and Diana 4)Moose’s favorite beer-Moose Drool, of course. 5)Favorite car camping site- Squirrel’s-Hoh rainforest in Olympic NP; Moose’s- Ohanapecosh, Mt. Ranier NP 6)Favorite friend who met us on our adventure-John (aka Silverchin). True, he was the only friend who met us, but still our favorite. 7)Favorite B&B-Orchard B&B in Yakima 8)Favorite star-gazing - Backpacking trip in Yellowstone 9)Not having to pump the gas in Oregon. Its illegal to pump your own gas and they have attendants at all service stations. 10)Our devoted ... read more

Ok, so all we really got to eat was the bbq, but even that's not bad. Sunday morning we flew out of Tampa, had a quick layover in Atlanta, then got picked up in Knoxville by my grandparents. On one of the flights I made the asinine move of leaving my cell phone in the seat as we left the plane, not realizing it until we were eating lunch in TN of course... After lunch we went and met my aunt/uncle/cousins in downtown Knoxville and explored the 1982 World's Fair site and the Sunsphere before heading over to a church for dinner and Trish got her first sampling of bbq pork. We then secured a spot outside the church to watch the nights fireworks show, attending by over 350,000 people. It was an incredible show that ... read more