I drove through the Great Smokey Mountains into Georgia and stopped to camp for the night on the shore of Lake Lanier. It was a really lovely place, that smelled of pine trees, and gave me this view of the lake from my truck when I woke up in the morning. Very peaceful. As I was preparing dinner in the evening, it struck me again how much I love my truck, and how well the entire fit-out is working for…
My first stop after leaving Nashville to resume my odyssey was Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. I found a lovely little camping spot by the Little Pigeon River, with adorable little ducks swimming by and quacking quietly. Unfortunately, they kept up the freaking quacking for half the night, but oh well, ducks will be ducks. It seemed to me that in recent days I had been taking life a bit too seriously. Whether it was the stress of the presidential election, or…
After my visit to Galveston, I made the decision to head back to my haven near Nashville, TN. Driving in heavy traffic on concrete highways in the rain had convinced me that my tires were no longer really up to the job, and I was still struggling to shake off the dehydration that had been bothering me for a while. Maybe I was just finally getting tired too. I planned a route through Shreveport, LA, with a stop in Memphis,…
Hello! I’ve been back in Nashville taking a break for a couple of weeks, and I seem to have turned into a sloth and gotten a bit behind on my blogging. I particularly wanted to post some pictures I took of a submarine and destroyer escort at Seawolf Park on Pelican Island in Galveston, TX. By now you all know how I love big machinery, and I spent a great afternoon wandering around on these ships there! I think the pictures…
I decided to have a longer stay near the ocean, so arrived at Galveston Island, Texas in the evening, planning to stay two nights. I walked down by the ocean in the evening and it was beautiful, just the sound of the ocean as I watched the sun set. In the morning I set out to visit the Ocean Star Offshore Oil Rig, a retired jack up rig that’s been turned into a museum. On the way there I drove…