At the Stone Mountain Campground right on the lake across from the mountain. We walked at the mountain yesterday and watched them make snow on the hill facing the carving. At 77 degrees the snowmaker was only sputtering out slush while the rest of the snow melted down the hill. Good facilities
Trip Log
March 10, 2009
Today we went to Biltmore. We weren't allowed to take pictures inside the house but we did get a few on the grounds. It was a very interesting tour and well preserved and presented. It is still owned and run by the descendents of George Vanderbilt. We then went to '12 Bones' the local ribs pl
March 9, 2009
We left after noon today since we had less than 100 miles to go. We stopped at the NC visitors' center on I-26 for maps and local information. We got a good tip to get our Biltmore tickets at the AAA office at a substantial discount. After settling in at Wilson's Riverfront RV park we got our
March 8, 2009
We are in Bristol for two nights leaving tomorrow for Asheville. We did have a good drive from Va yesterday although I did get a 'check engine' light. We kept a close eye on everything and had no problem so we had it reset and it hasn't come back on. Yesterday we went by the raceway and shoppi
March 6, 2009
Yesterday morning we finished packing the trailer, backed it out of the driveway and left home just before 10 AM. It wasn't long before we crossed the Mason-Dixon line into Maryland, 12 miles later crossed the Potomac River into West Virginia and 26 miles miles later crossed no particular featur
March 3, 2009
The trailer must be a magnet for snow because we had a snowstorm shortly after parking it in the driveway. We have the snow cleared away but it has gotten very cold and is even colder where we are headed in Virginia and North Carolina. We have delayed our departure until Thursday when the forec
February 28, 2009
Jeff's kids' school had an in-service day and the kids were home but Jeff and Danielle had to work so we went down early Friday morning and watched the kids for the day. We made pizza for dinner and popcorn balls for dessert. Since we were picking up the trailer near there on Saturday we spent
February 23, 2009
We are getting ready to hit the road South with the trailer on March 3rd although my Dad is in the hospital in Texas with pneumonia and on life support. He has a living-will so plans are a little tentative right now. Last week we bought a magic jack to plug into the computer for phone service
February 16, 2009
Yesterday, Sunday, we took the train downtown to meet Mike and family for the Chinese New Year celebration in Chinatown. We watched the dragons go from shop to shop in a loud parade and light fireworks to scare away evil spirits to insure good luck throughout the year. We then made our usual st
February 14, 2009
On Tuesday we went over to Mike's for Annika's seventh birthday. We took an ice cream cake and a requested bag of chocolate. We had dinner, sang and then cake. Somehow in the course of the evening we got to talking about Mike's two dogs and ticks and that led to a discussion about other kinds