Final 2008 update- North Georgia

As we slowly head south toward home we stopped at the Mountain Creek RV Resort near Blairsville, GA for a two week stay. We enjoyed the Mountain Creek Resort but have since learned that they have finantual troubles and are no longer open. We hope they can reopen someday.

While in the area we went to Helen,GA to see the german alps styled town. It is a tourist trap but a fairly nice one as far as these places go. Besides the town pictures I've included one photo of a one man band. If you have not had the chance to see one of these guys they are quite interesting. They have cables attached to feet, legs, arms, and hands which can activate the various instruments attached to their bodies. And he was good.

2008 trip update 2- Smokey Mtns near Marion, NC

From Bristol we traveled to the other side of the mountains to the Marion, NC which is about 30 miles northeast of Ashville. We were there while the leaves were changing. We drove up on the Blue Ridge parkway to Mt. Mitchell and were able to get a number of fall folage pictures.

Our campsite was immedeately adjacent to a mountain stream and I've included a couple of photo's of that as well.

2008 trip update- Bristol, TN

Well I've been given the business by a few people for ignoring the blog. They are right.

So I will do 3 posts to update our '08 trip prior to starting the blog with our 2009 trip.

My last post was news that we were in PA and were hit with the tail end of hurricane Ike. The area was hit with winds up to 80 mph which took down many trees and powerlines. We went 4 days without power and my mother went without power for a week. I located a generator for my mother's use and had to service it twice a day to keep power to her home. It's ironic that we leave Florida during hurricane season and get hit with one in PA!

After leaving PA we headed south and stopped in Bristol, TN. While there we toured the Bristol Motor Speedway. The tour there was better than the tour we got at Daytona. They walk you around the stands and into the track owners suite. Then load you into a van and go around the track at the minimum speed necessary to keep you up on the lowest portion of the banked track. You also get to see the world class drag strip that is also at the facility. Here's a few photo's of the track and one from the old railway station in Bristol. As always click on the picture if you want a larger view.