Vacation - Day One

For our vacation this year, we were joined by Ray and Lucy from Texas in their motor home, Jim and Heather, who flew in from Ventura, CA and Mollie who drove from Virginia City, VA. All are friends from our sailing days. It was a fantastic reunion of friends who had been separated by time and miles.

We had decided to explore the Kentucky Bourbon Trail.  We only had a few bourbon lovers among us but we had 7 people who like adventure and new things.

We picked Jim and Heather up at the airport on Friday evening and went home for fresh peel and eat shrimp. We had to share the fresh seafood we get here in the south.  On Saturday morning we headed out.Jim and Heather rode with Ray and Lucy and Mollie road with us. We stopped at a Denny's for a good breakfast before leaving the Charleston area and then went on to Maggie Valley in the Smokie Mountains. I had made us reservations at a small motel not too far from the RV park where Ray and Lucy  were staying. The Abbey Inn turned out to be exactly what we love. Small, quaint, clean, inexpensive.

It had lovely views and the air was crisp and clean.  We gathered ourselves up and went to J Arthurs Restaurant for a great dinner.  I had one of the best Cobb Salads I have had in years.

Mollie, Heather and I had so much fun wandering the grounds of the motel and taking pictures.

This was the view across the road.  Picturesque.

Kirby