Queen of The Mountain: Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving on the mountain! Last year Keith smoked the turkey from the warmth and dryness of his easy chair due to rain, snow and cold temperatures. This year he was able to cook on the deck in short sleeves.

The weather was warm and sunny. We started our week with guests from West Tennessee. Keith's middle brother, Glenn brought his Mom up to visit. We were certainly glad to see them. The kids joined us on Wednesday night and we had our Thanksgiving feast on Thursday. I cooked a ton and Mrs Goulder brought some things so we had entirely too much food! It was hard for me to taste much of anything, due to a sinus infection, so maybe I didn't blow the diet too bad. After lunch we took a family photo on the deck.

Our guests left on Friday. On Friday night, we continued a tradition that we started last year - Christmas shows. Last year we went to Dixie Stampede and this year we went to Smoky Mountain Opry Christmas Show. Don't let the title fool you - this show was not just country music. It was a review of all kinds of music. There were singers,

dancers,

acrobats,

skaters,

comedians....

Well you get the idea. This show had everything including live animals.

Part of the time it was so cheesy I wanted to laugh, ( like when the angel flew through the sky)

but at other times the talent was evident. The band was awesome!

And Slim Chance was hilarious!

I learned that when Christmas is over Santa packs up the RV and goes South to fish because it's "all about that bass, 'bout that bass, (not blue gill)"!

All in all it was a pretty good show with all kinds of things crammed into 2 hours. Afterwards we enjoyed the lights outside.

So Christmas Show #2 was a lot of fun. I think we'll continue the tradition.

On Saturday, Keith and Jeff headed to Knoxville to watch the Vols take care of Vanderbilt. Jenny, Bobby, and I headed to see the Titantic Exhibit. We spent 2 hours looking at the displays and listening to the narration. We learned a lot about this tragic historic event. We touched an iceberg and dipped our hands into that 24 degree water that took so many lives. It was sad, but interesting.

We spent the rest of the evening resting and watching television.

Jenny and Bobby headed home on Sunday morning. Keith and Jeff hit the trail. (You didn't think we'd get through an entire weekend without a hike, did you?) I stayed home, nursed my cold and did laundry.

The guys checked out Grapeyard Ridge. It started raining so they didn't stay out long.