Yep. I am behind that is correct. A lot has been going on though.
So, I am driving around today at lunch pick up some movies, go to the bank and get lunch and exhibiting my normal road rage (I swear I am going to get a job at the DMV so I can stamp DENIED - DENIED - DENIED on everyone's application) and out of nowhere what song is suddenly stuck in my head.....BABY GOT BACK - Really????? WTH did that come from....I must be losing my mind for sure! "Oh baby, I wanna get wit'....." oh wait, see there you go it happened again! Anyhoo....the DMV....Yep, whomever it is that gets to decide who gets one of those nice little cards with their picture on it needs a good swift KICK! What is wrong with people? They are all in their own little bubbles which would not be totally bad if they could at least operate and control their little bubbles!! I know I have been on this box before but for real....IF You CanNOT Park it or Drive it...DON'T BUY IT!!!! I really think this is a good rule of thumb. I mean I like a Ducati personally but do you see me cruising around on one.....UM NO! Common Sense people. Stick with what you know until you learn what you don't.
So Starla had a rough week last week and I decided over the weekend we would go on a picture adventure! A day out, running around, no worries and of course some picture snapping for my Snapshot blog.
So we chose Sunday. We left around 8:30-9am and had a plan. Well as usual plans just didn't go as planned. I am starting to wonder what the point of a plan is anyway. It always changes so why bother? Who knows...anyway....Our first top was going to be the English Mountain Fall. OK....So....we are pretty sure we did eventually find the correct road but needless to say we never did make it to the fall. The road got smaller and smaller, the hill got steeper and steeper, the snow started appearing more and more (now mind you where we started at the bottom of that mountain it was 60+ and SUNNY) and well my civic is simply not a 4WD so went it started getting a little too sketchy and the turns with the slightest bit of room to turn my tiny car around were too tiny I very cautiously turned my little car around and we headed back down. That will have to be a jeep trip or a 80 degree day trip for my little car! It was eventful though. We even met a nice little suicidal doggy. Yep, I pull over at a proper pull off and take a pic of a house and get back in the car and out of nowhere appears this white ball of fur with a haunting stare. So I get back in my car and of course proceed with caution. (I hit a bunny one time - it committed suicide - and then I cried all morning and didn't eat lunch I was so upset - I tried everything in my power to not hit that little guy and he was just determined!) Anyway, off subject there. So I am driving slowly but being sure not to actually stop and the demon dog proceeds to pop up in front of my bumper for a good quarter mile! I was laying on the horn, making all sorts of noise and clearly along with the demon dog his owners didn't care either. Nobody ever came out to get him.....it was very stressful and eventually we get past him. So.....as we pass him again, now this time I am driving down the mountain and the moment we think we are clear these furry ears and nose pop up dead center of my bumper! Starla and I both let out simultaneous screams that would impress any Hollywood producer out there! I just knew that demon dog was dead! Nope...it was there jumping on the hood of my car popping up like a sneaky little weasel for a good quarter of a mile back down the road!
So, once that was all over I decided to take her to the Historic Harrisburg Covered Bridge. I mean it was down the road and I had never actually been to it although I knew it was there. It is one of only 4 existing covered bridges in Tennessee. So off we go.....of course my GPS didn't want to take any address I gave it for some reason that day so I called a friend of ours that used to live on the stinking road. Go figure....she gets us lost! She says go here and go there then be careful when you drive over the bridge because it is only one lane! Don't want to get hit. She says "then if you just keep driving it will take you into the arts part of Gatlinburg" - Great, I am totally good with that. Well asked some man down the road about the easiest way and he got me to the correct road......saw the bridge, took pictures and to my surprise Starla even read the sign and the info on it! We are off to Gatlinburg....Oh wait....you would know there is just no way it could be so simple! HA HA HA So next thing you know I am hearing banjos and Starla is checking the door locks and looking a bit uneasy in her seat. Heck what am I talking about - we were in deliverance! I was feeling a little uneasy myself. Eventually we do find a spot to turn around, I mean this was beyond "back road". I just wasn't sure we were going to make it off that road ALIVE! What an adventure I must say. I heard banjos playing all night long!
Next stop....well after food of course...we had a nice lunch at the Brewery in P.Forge and then off to Cades Cove. Of course, I am playing with my new GPS (which I quickly discovered I was way smarter than) and it takes me the Gatlinburg way. Well I wanted to go through Townsend, none the less we are following the GPS lady. So after some confusion (because my GPS is a bit of a moron) We end up going the very long route to Cades Cove. No biggy, we are in no hurry and hey, I drive a civic...I am good on gas. Of course some roads are still wet and some still have a little snow but no biggie still. We keep on going and enjoying the ride up River Road and the scenery of course is all worth it. Starla enjoyed her trip to Cades Cove although it was really too late for much wildlife, I told her next time we are going EARLY. We got out some and let her do some exploring and snapped pictures all that jazz. Saw this sweet older couple. She had a snazzy camera was was going to take her husbands picture and so I offered to take one of the both of them. of course she was all excited and I snapped a few pictures for them and she said "this will be a great birthday picture honey!" aww so sweet they are doing this for his birthday and out having fun at that age. I give her the camera back and she is checking out the pictures and as she walks away she says "Oh, this is great!, I am putting this as my new Facebook Profile Picture!" BAWHWHWHW Starla and I both giggled, how cute was that. It was great. I thought it was adorable that this woman was on facebook and so excited to go home and update her picture.....Sweet as could be!
We head out and well that took a LONG TIME! I mean the first warm weekend and there was really nobody in the South East it seemed not at Cades Cove. Of course when we eventually hit cell coverage area again my mother was about to have a stroke that we had been kidnapped in deliverance and she and dad were ready to call the law as they had been calling one another and texting me and Starla for hours. Of course, the one time she doesn't call my sister and my sister knew exactly where I was. We had talked to her before we went into Gatlinburg but mom didn't want to call and worry her since Starla was with me. I find that interesting....I mean really? My sister wont care if I get kidnapped just if Starla gets kidnapped? Hmmmm I will keep that in mind come the birthday/holiday time....LOL Anyway long day, lots of adventure, we had a blast and it was good.
"I just can't help myself, I'm actin' like and animal. Now here's my scandal....." Ooops...did it again!
Work has been work......I have no changes to share at this time on that front. I am still doing good with my snapshots. I have yet to miss a post. Just 10.75 more months to go! ha ha
There is your update for now.....more later....promise!
At twilight, nature is not without loveliness,
though perhaps its chief use is
to illustrate quotations from the poets.
~ Oscar Wilde
