Sunday, September 21, 2008

My Vacation!

My apologies for not blogging while away but Pam and I had computer issues which were repaired by Microsoft by phone when we got back to Pam's house. She has a great 17" laptop which I fell in love with!

My flight to Virginia was flawless. Duluth to Detroit to Norfolk. I will fly out of Duluth more often. It seems to not have as many issues as the Hibbing/msp connection.

Pam and I spent a few days at her house before hitting the road. This is the huge spider she had living in her driveway!

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Nobody knew what kind of spider it was but it was very impressive. It made a web about 10feet across and the same tall every night and was gone by morning.

This was a tunnel through the Blue Ridge mountains.

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This is in Pigeon Forge in Sevierville county where Dolly Parton grew up. This was our view off our balcony. There was a week long car show going on when we got there.

 

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We went to the Dixie Stampede where we ate our meal without silverware and drank our tea out of a canning jar. We watched a reenactment of the battle between the north and south. Everything we saw was very pro-America and patriotic. It was very refreshing.

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Next day we went to Dollywood. It's a theme park like Bush gardens. This was a mode of transportation. .50 a ride. We didn't drive the car for 3 days.

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We went on all three roller coasters where we got a cd of us on the whole ride! We haven't figured out how to put it on the computer to share yet. We tried on and purchased sunglasses.

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After Pigeon Forge we drove on to Nashville where we saw the Ryman theater, which is the original Grand Old Opry until 1974.

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That's when the Opry you see on tv now was built. 

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We saw Lonestar live amongst others.

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Anyone that knows me knows I'm not a country fan. Seeing and hearing it live was still awesome and everyone was great.

We also visited the Country Music Hall of Fame. Also Impressive!

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Elvis Presley's solid gold piano and solid gold car.

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Next day we went on a 3 hour cruise on the General Jackson riverboat.

We had a great meal while being entertained by the Peking Acrobates while the boat sailed down the Cumberland River.

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We had a great time as we always do no matter when or where we go. I'm already looking forward to the next trip!

Monday, September 1, 2008

Vacation time!!!

It's that time again!! Tomorrow morning I will be on the earliest flight out of Duluth. That means we have to leave the house at 3am to get me on the 0608 flight to Michigan where I switch planes and leave for Norfolk. My flight arrives at 1154 ET. I will try and blog while I'm away including pictures. I will have my cell phone with me but I'm not sure if I will have service that's not roaming. I will be back in Minnesota on the 18th. Back to work the 19th.

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Sunday Morning fishing

Dave and I went fishing early Sunday morning on a lake called Pug Hole. One of our favorites. Even though it was very windy, we caught fish.  Dave always out  fishes me but don't tell him I said that...Ha ha

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