Among the Yrees

After a night's visit from Jack Frost the last few nights it was good to wake up to sunshine today. The sun shone through the brightly colored leaves bouncing colors back to our eyes and making us want to be among them. So we drove into the William Bamkhard National Forest in Alabama. We took route 101 south and crossed the mighty Tennessee River. We admired the TVA Wheeler Dam and watched the fishermen and herons catch fish. Then we continued turning off on scenic route 33 through the forest, but there were farms and houses. We turned off on another road and still another t we were driving down a small gravel path through the trees. We came to dead end where there was enough room for us to set up our camp and still leave room for others to turn around. The road didn't really end, but there is a gate across it. A wonderful road to hike tomorrow!!

We set up camp: we put out the awning- giving us a front porch. Will hangs camo netting all around giving us both privacy and protection from bugs. It also holds in a little heat. There are also screens Will made for the front windows We set up two tables- one for meals and one for stuff. We have two plastic chairs we take off the back along with Kathy's little wooden kindergarten chair. Will gets the smoker going. Oh the smell of pine reminds us of Christmas.

Kathy found a recipe for sweet sour pork over noodle we tried for dinner. It tuned out very yummy. We listened to the Steeler football game on the radio, watched the sunset and enjoyed sitting among the trees.

It cooled off quicky and we retreated inside. We finished the Harry Potter series so tonight we watched Cutthroat Island.


Today is a Good Day to Drive!
Van-Go
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