well, we made it home last night, but i was too tired from driving the last six weeks to do the blog. so, here i am 24-hours later. the final leg of the trip home was uneventful, to say the least. we spent the last night (monday) at the koa in crossville, tn (about halfway between nashville and knoxville). this koa was, by far, the quietest one we stayed in during our whole trip. it is about 4 miles off of i-40 on us-70, and there isn't much traffic on us-70 in this area; i guess most people would rather take the interstate to get where they are going as quickly as possible. after a rest stop in sevierville to check out the smoky mountain knifeworks (for me) and one last quilt shop, the cherry pit (for nancy), we headed for home. i was able to find some knifemaking supplies that i sorely needed to finish a couple of knives that are just screaming to be finalized and nancy found more fat quarters for making her quilts. then it was our one goal to high-tail it for home on us-70, which connects to us-25 in newport, tennessee. from newport, we always drive the "back way" home through hot springs, nc (hey, ward, hot springs, nc is not as hot as hot springs, ar; air temperature, of course!) we found that our north carolina mountains were a pretty sight to behold, as we crossed the state line. the temperature was around 78ยบ, with 60% humidity and before we reached home it started to rain. a friend of ours said that it has been raining almost every day for 10 to 15 minutes, at least. the lush green forest shows it; i think everything has grown three-feet while we were out-of-state. but, it is great to be home, even though i am already getting restless, but i'll let nancy get her r&r for awhile before planning another trip. i think i hear the carolina coast calling to me, or was that all a dream last night?...
