Coming “Home” to Tennessee

We felt a slight jolt of joy and excitement as our RV rolled across the Tennessee state line: we were getting closer to “home,” or at least whatever version of it we remembered from before our trip. To be honest, I was ready to be in a sticks-and-bricks environment after ten months in the RV. As sweet as our home on wheels was, I had missed hosting friends and family, especially at holiday time—of course, thanks to the pandemic, we couldn’t have done much hosting anyway, so not much lost, I guess. I missed the familiar and I looked forward to returning to Knoxville.

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Christmas 2019

2020 Christmas looks a lot different than its earlier versions…. Thankfully, we still have our health and we are taking in the plentiful sunshine in our new (temporary) bricks-and-sticks residence, Colorado. Last year, after a couple of blissful weeks at the beach after Thanksgiving, we packed up the RV and headed back to Tennessee to surprise David’s family with our visit for Christmas.

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A Tennessee Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!

This year, the year of the “plague,” we are not going to visit with family or friends but we are thinking fondly of them all. We relive the joy of our last year’s celebrations instead and give thanks for our health.

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Lazy Llama Campground, Tennessee

One step closer to “home”–Knoxville, Tennessee–we had a great time hanging out with the soft and surprisingly good-smelling llamas. The Lazy Llama Campground in Chuckey, Tennessee is a great rural escape where visitors can enjoy petting and hiking with llamas, as well as take wool spinning and art lessons.

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