Leaving Ohio and headed for Tennessee. We’ve been to Tennessee before and think it’s
a beautiful state; however, we are really looking forward to this trip – we get
to see Sara and Jonah!!! Sara has a
work-related conference in Nashville and, since she’s still breast-feeding,
Jonah has to attend as well. We
willingly adjusted our itinerary (we’ve become amazingly flexible in
retirement!) to meet them there and provide on-site daycare for Jonah while
Sara attends her meeting.
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| Notice the "Duck" jammies! |
So, we turn south. As
we approach Cincinnati, we make a slight miscue: we're in the wrong lane to take the interstate that circles the outside of the city and instead are going straight through the middle of the city (at about 9 a.m.) pulling a 34' 5th wheel along behind us. Needless to say, we were a little freaked out! Turns out that it was a
good goof. The interstate through
Cincinnati was fine and the city itself is surrounded by hills and sits right
on the river with a very pretty downtown.
Plus, Pat got to see all the sports stadiums/arenas along the river. Then there’s a great bridge across the river
into Kentucky (remember how I love bridges?).
Our trip then took us straight through Lexington, KY with lots of hills
and horse country and on into Tennessee which is also quite hilly (almost
mountainous!). A really beautiful
drive. I kept apologizing to Pat since
he spent his birthday driving for 5 hours; but it turns out he really liked the
scenic drive. Arrived safely in
Knoxville. Our RV park is really pretty
with lots of trees; very park-like.
However, it is full of people.
Turns out Tennessee is playing Auburn on Saturday and there are LOTS of
people from Alabama here. I’m glad we’re
leaving Friday morning…I have the feeling there’s going to be a lot of partying
going on Friday night and Saturday…if you think football is big in Eugene, you
should see it in the South!
The only reason we are in Knoxville is for my genealogy.
Knoxville itself is a very pretty city that sits
on the Tennessee River and is surrounded by hills; but there’s not a lot to do
here unless there’s a game on! One of my
three families that crossed on the Oregon Trail originated here; however, I’ve
never been able to push the lines back any further, and doing research here
didn’t get me any more leads. Oh well,
on to Nashville and Sara and Jonah.
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