Canadians on the Road
Maggie Valley, NC
WITCHES PARKING ONLY!
All others will be toad.
(All pictures are at the end. Don't forget to click on each one to see a larger image.)
I am a good person. I gave up my parking spot to someone who was going to the Sarah Palin Rally in Asheville.
It was a lovely day for shopping and walking around. We went downtown for lunch after church. (Cathy was happy because she had just finished singing "Gonna Wash That Man Right Out-A My Hair!" The theme on Sunday was "Carefully Taught: Reflections on Oscar Hammerstein". All songs and readings were from Hammerstein.)
Website: www.uuasheville.com
We were happy to see that Olga Dorenko still had her fine art gallery in Battle Square. Unfortunately, for everyone, she is closing the gallery this week. This will give her an opportunity to build up her collection of wonderful paintings. Olga loves to talk and is a delight to converse with. Her first language is Russian but she does extremely well with the English.
Website: www.olgadorenko.com
The leaf colors were so rich yesterday. There is a definite chill in the air with possible snowflakes in the forecast. The couple, Bernice and Bob, in the pop-up camper, go back to Maryland today. They are fanatic Canadian Football League fans. They go to every Grey Cup game. They will be glad for the warmth of their house.
Bill, down the road, also in a Wildcat RV, introduced me to the secrets of re-wiring my hot water heater. That will be a spring project. - Along with replacing that vent on the roof - I have the new part but not the will to go climbing on the roof!
Bill stopped Cathy to thank us for sending them up the side roads that run off of the main valley. There is so much hidden up these back , twisting roads. Hidden 'coves' are what they call them here. You get to see hidden valleys that are like little Edens. They all have small streams running down between the cottonwoods, oaks, and maples. A lot of nice homes with curious driveways. "Curious" is my way of saying: not a nice place to be on an icy day.
I have no idea where Turtle and Elizabeth go everyday. Turtle and his wife are in the trailer across from us. They are never around. What kind of relationship could you have had with your parents when you became old enough to realize they had named you after a swamp creature? Even with normal names familial relationships can go awry - this I well-know - of course that is time when you start giving each other swamp creature names. Turtle's parents got the order of things mixed up.
We have driven along the Blue Ridge Parkway and picnicked. We have done winding and twisting roads. To travel in a valley with all the trees on the mountain sides in full color, is to be totally immersed in awesomeness. We never get tired of it.
We have a few more days before we leave here. We have started to straighten things around. We won't be in SC too long, so are starting to clean up the trailer before storing it. We have ant traps, antifreeze and Damp-Rid.
On the way back we have a stop-over in Moosic, PA. and then should be home at week this coming Friday.
I am sure we will be back here again. Our thoughts are already planning next fall's journey; it could be the mountains of northern Georgia.
You all keep warm and thanks for traveling with us,
Greg and Cathy.
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