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It’s been a week and this is the first time I’ve had a chance to have the iPad to myself to make a log entry. So, my thoughts:
It is amazing to be travelling with my family. We’ve seen so much already, but, more importantly we get to experience these things together. Some comments in not any particular order:
  1. Who’d a thought that The Shire was a real place? Well, it is and we got to go there. Sleeping in a hobbit house is something I can scratch off the bucket list.
  2. The accents of the Americans we’ve met so far have been awesome to listen to. With Southerners, I think the accent is such that the women speak in higher voices and the men in lower tones. I like the way the men say “Yeah”.
  3. Although I’m not a true country music fan, going to the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum in Nashville was awesome. Even more awesome was the performance we saw at the Grand Ole Opry. Every performer paid tribute to the hallowed ground they were on. In case you didn’t know, the Grand Ole Opry stage has a wooden floor but there is a circle of old wood from the original Ryman theatre on which artists such as Hank Williams and Johnny Cash have performed going back to 1925.
  4. It was lovely to see Lucy and Miriam enjoy the Mammoth Cave tour. 
  5. Cloudland Canyon State Park is awesome. We’ve hiked along the bottom of the canyon and along the top. You should come sometime. The pics all look disappointing because they don’t convey the immense size.

That’s it for now. Oh yeah, every camping meal is more amazing then the last. Yesterday, as Amy and I made strawberry pancakes and Italian sausages for  breakfast while sipping tea we discussed the feelings of the food, including the Quebec maple syrup which has travelled with us. Food tastes soo good at camping.

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  1. BethieJH3 March 2019 at 18:38

    Your camping meals are always so delicious. Glad to hear that you are keeping the "gourmet camping" going Voych.

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