T and I planned for a short day of driving today. We had hoped that we would arrive at Pop's house in SC by early afternoon. Uh, no.
We left Lenoir City at the planned time -- 10 am. Taking the advice of a co-worker (thanks #4), we planned on avoiding the towns of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge by driving through Great Smoky Mountains National Park. We heard that the aforementioned cities would be jam-packed with fun-for-the-whole-family-style tourists. For Mid-MOers, it was described to us as Branson times ten.
Well, GSMNP was pretty great... a bit smoky looking... very crowded. It took us four hours to make it from our motel to Asheville, NC. Over three hours in the park. So our short day of traveling was not so short.
Long story short, we're in SC, just a few hours later than we thought we'd be. The visit with Pop has just begun. Tomorrow we'll hit the course while T sleeps in and catches up on some reading. I haven't picked up a club in several years, so I'm a little nervous about embarrassing myself. (Side note: PC, we need to hit the course a few times this summer. Zero is not enough golf.)
I'm keeping this post short -- I'll fill in details when I can, including a picture of me and T standing in front of the worst view in GSMNP (long story).
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hey...r u guys stopping by Stafford during your travels? Not sure about this...
also, thinking that 10% [ref 1st post] is often closer to 20%
I really should check my AOL email account more often. We were in Asheville on July 1!
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