More East Tennessee Beauty

From the top of the viewing tower our friends Dave and Phyllis and John and I could see for miles across the Cumberland Plateau. The site is almost on the KY-TN border, about two hours from home.

This view shows how far away the animals actually were from where we stood.

The end of the day was spectacular, and the drive home was more of the beauty. Great day all in all!

Tennessee Elk 2008

We went again to Hatfield Knob Lookout Tower near LaFollette, Tennessee and were again rewarded with the opportunity to observe the ever-growing herd of Elk. They were grazing quite close to us, and it was quite a treat to watch them. It has been 160 years or so since the last native elk was spotted in our state, and the move to reintroduce them has been quite successful so far. There were almost 30 animals in the group near us, and I think at least half of them were born in the US. The original ones were brought in from Canada, five or more years ago.

My 10X zoom is a wonderful thing!

Back ache

We're home again (Tennessee) and have already driven to NY and back for Mollie's wedding.

I'm reading email, Blogs, etc. but haven't been writing because my back/neck is out (again) and it hurts to sit on a hard chair. Chiropractic is helping and it's better every day.

(Note -- it was probably the sitting on the floor cutting out the fabric for the chair cushion covers that I mentioned in my last blog that put it out.)