One of the delights of life in the Smokies is that it attracts visitors. It’s a fun place to host a house party. But we really don’t have enough space in the house to sleep all the folks that want to come at one time. This time we aren’t the hosts for the upcoming party. It’s Greg and Rachel. But everyone will be arriving late at night. So kind people that we are, we are setting up the extra shelters. There’s a screen house in the side yard and a tent down at the Creekside deck. Rumor has it that the Creekside tent is so desirable that folks will be trading off on the opportunity to sleep with the sound of the creek in their ears.
Nearly on top of the world, looking up at Mount Teide but down on a sea of clouds Our first glimpse of the Canary Islands Heading out to a national park! From the lush green north of Tenerife Through forests recovering from fire The Tenerife Observatory A paraglider...
Queen Mary 2’s arrival in the Port of Dakar, Senegal was heralded in the local press and greeted with ceremony. Our own excursion took us on a coach journey through the streets of the capital city to visit a Wolof village and the shore of Lake Retba, the salty lake famed for an intense pink color.
Today’s safari adventure transported us out into the Dorob National Park to have up close encounters with little creatures that are well adapted to the extreme heat and lack of water in the Namib Desert.
One of the delights of life in the Smokies is that it attracts visitors. It’s a fun place to host a house party. But we really don’t have enough space in the house to sleep all the folks that want to come at one time. This time we aren’t the hosts for the upcoming party. It’s Greg and Rachel. But everyone will be arriving late at night. So kind people that we are, we are setting up the extra shelters. There’s a screen house in the side yard and a tent down at the Creekside deck. Rumor has it that the Creekside tent is so desirable that folks will be trading off on the opportunity to sleep with the sound of the creek in their ears.
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