Tennessee and finally to our campground north of Nashville

8 states border Tennessee. Know them? Today and tomorrow we will have crossed the entire state

More green every hour

more trees

different rocks

Nashville has grown so much.

Our campground is north of Nashville

5:00 traffic. 6 lanes going into 4. All jockeying for position. Ugh.

Are we there yet? Notice the truck in front of us!

$10 catfish Dinner at Campground. We enjoyed it and ate it all.

Country Western singers were fun.

Gayle and Terry from Ontario were fast friends

We were able to get a close spot to set up!

Great Music. The main guitar player plays at the Grand Ole Opry.

Bonnie says "What are you doing Mom?"

Driving from Virginia to Tennessee

We hooked up and got off by 9:00. Long drive to Nashville today.

Near Appalachia

Norm is getting better at getting us going. It's a lot to do.

Smokey Mountains

Bristol- Nascar Speedway Sign

Greener and more trres

Photo from Tennessee Vacation Guide

Photo from vacation guide

Thinking of Davy Crockett, Dolly, Moonshine,Shall we gather at the river?

 Hatfields and McCoys, Grand Old Opry, Elvis, etcStopped at rest stop...southern accents. Low prices on reading glasses. High price on coffee. Low price on gas ($2.04) 75 degrees, sunny.

even a school bus passed us!

almost red dirt

Cumberland Mountains

Saw sign for Cotton Eye Joe-Restaurant

Wild Redbuds and Dogwoods all along the highway

Nap Time

Both Dogs have been great in the car

Listening to CDs of Beatles, Bob Dylan, Beethoven,etc. Entering Photos for Blog right here in the truck! Just passed 2 big factories for Porcelain ...must be quarry near here.

took photo at another rest stop

Passed Knoxville. 80 degrees. Light green trees, and lots of big rig trucks!

Another Art Gallery.

Local artists paint the Valley and the mountains.

Visiting Marjorie Norton in Blacksburg, VA

Nat's cousin George and his wife Marjorie live on top of a hill overlooking the Blue Ridge Mountains in a big house George designed 13 years ago. It was beautiful...and full of an amazing doll collection that Marjorie has so tastefully displayed in their home. We had a nice visit and then went out to a local spot for dinner. I encourage my other cousins to come here to visit!

George is in Bangladesh and so we missed him. He is an Agricultural Economist. He does International Development-not using pesticides. He has grants from the Gates Foundation and the EPA. Their son, John, lives in Seattle.We might be able to visit with him too.

Many of the dolls she has are from countries George has visited in his work. Others are antiques.

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Some dolls, like this Last Supper scene, are from craft fairs.