Thanksgiving Trip

[WQ9E]

Thanksgiving was a chance to escape the flat land of IL and spend a few days in the Smoky Mountains of Eastern TN.  The weather was near perfect with cool temperature and only a little rain one day.  After driving down we spent the first afternoon in Cade's Cove which is a preserved settlement in a beautiful location.  The only downside is a lot of people apparently do not see enough deer where they live so we were stuck for about an hour in a traffic jam on the loop road while people gawked at deer. 

There is fresh corn meal available ground at the mill using a truly renewable energy source.  As you might expect, the nicest house back in the old days was the Miller's house.

[WQ9E]

We also spent some time at an old one room school house further east in the park.  It had a great area to play in around it but having a cemetery adjacent to the school was a strong reminder of the harsh times in the mountains and many of the graves were of very young children and infants.

There was a little radio content to the trip.  I picked up a Johnson Courier project from John WB4BFS and had a nice visit with him.  I will be sending him a photo I took of him in his work area and we will see if he is brave enough to post it later

[W2PFY]

That's one beautiful area, makes me wonder why I settled up here in upstate COLD NY. Great pictures

[W1UJR]

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing those great photos Rodger.
Reminds me of the Waltons, boy did I love that TV show.
Set in a different state perhaps, but same simpler (better?) life.....

After moving all of that radio stuff up from Buffalo, simpler is really starting to sound good...

[Bill, KD0HG]

That's one beautiful area, makes me wonder why I settled up here in upstate COLD NY.

Because you wanted to avoid folks with green teeth.

[Opcom]

aww come on, it's fun to chase them all just once around the parking lot.

[KB2WIG]

You make me uneasy.



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