After our yummy treat, I went to take my shower. When I gave my nose that extra hard honking,I must have broken a small blood vessel,cause when I got in the shower, the nose floodgates opened wide! Even without my glasses on I could see the blood on the shower floor! I tried holding my head back to stop the bleeding, but then I felt like I was choking on my own blood as it ran down my throat!!!! HELP!!! Long story short, it finally stopped bleeding, but while we were driving I was holding a paper towel over my nose, Otis did NOT want to sit on my lap! He kept saying to Lennie, "Who is that masked stranger"!?!
I missed some great morning photo shots of the clouds over the mountains because I could not hold my paper towel & control my camera at the same time! The scenery was still good when I finally had two free hands!
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The leaves should be peak color
while were here.
We arrived at our destination, Creekwood Farm RV Park.
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Our camp site
The view behind our site...
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.See why we like it here!
I went to the park laundry do a couple loads, Lennie did all the set up inside & out. Otis just waited patiently! It's hard to believe that with this short sleeve weather, it's going to be much colder later in the week???
What a difference a day makes! That short sleeve weather is no more! Today as we drive about we are wearing sweatshirts & jackets! We stop first at a Farmers Market. (I'm out of tomatoes, MURIEL!!!!)
A total stranger helped us out here!?!
We've been to this Farmer's Market before, in warmer weather & all the doors are wide open! But today all the outside shop doors were closed!
Looks like Mr Otis is waiting in the car!
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after checking out EVERYTHING, we bought tomatoes & apples. Now we have another purchase in mind.....
LUNCH!
this place may not look like much, but it has the best BBQ in Asheville, N.Carolina, that's my opinion anyhow!This place, 12 Bones, always draws
a crowd, I grab a seat while Len places our order! Even tho it's busy, it doesn't take long before our meal is before us! I had pulled pork, sweet potatoes & CORN PUDDING! I think I ordered that the last time we were here!?!
With the important activities (LUNCH) out of the way it's time to go enjoy the scenery of the
Blue Ridge Park Way!
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A beautiful Drive!
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there are too many pictures to post!
Before heading back to the RV, we wanted to take one more drive......
in hope of seeing some wildlife, but all we saw was.....
TURKEY'S !!!
We might have seen a nice sunset too except for the fact it was so cloudy....
Back at the RV we're having "Canned Soup" for dinner! Not your typical canned soup! Before we left this morning, we set the crock pot on LOW, put in an envelope of onion soup, some water, a can of diced tomatoes,corn,northern beans, added onions,seasonings,rice,smoked sausage,chicken,stirred it all together & when we got home added a salad & it was dinner!!! It was pretty tasty for a bunch of cans mixed together!!!
Record cold tonight for this area.. Len actually turned the furnace on!!!
It's either cold outside or thunder storming for Otis to be able to join us in the bed!
Come morning Lennie wasn't the only guy out there reconnecting their water hoses! Course Len has this all done & showered before Otis & I even think of opening an eye! by 8:00am we're up ready to join Len for coffee & oatmeal, just what you want in your tummy on these cold mornings!!!
Today we're going to drive to Smokey Mountain National park & surroundings! But before I even get dressed, I make our dinner! I make chili & put it in the crock pot.It'll hit the spot after a day of leaf peeping!
This morning our car hit a big mile stone!!!!
Poor "Misty" I know she's tired of hauling us around! And check out this mornings temperature!!! Okay, time to put more miles on "Misty"!
On our way to leaf peep, we pass through the Indian tourist town of Cherokee.It wasn't really lunch time, but we stopped to eat early so we wouldn't ruin our dinner! We stopped at Paul's Family Restaurant. Driving by,I didn't know we were going to stop there, as I read the marquee, Indian tacos caught my eye!. 
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We turned around & pulled into Paul's for lunch & I had the Indian Tacos! (I'm starting to miss the Thanksgiving Dinner sandwiches!)
After lunch.....SCENERY TIME!!!
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The leaves were great!
All the scenery was great!
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We drove through the tourist town of Gatlinburg. I wanted to get some postcards but.....Gatlinburg was SOOOOO crowded, we didn't want to pay to park just so I could grab some postcards! We drove on to Pigeon Forge
where the traffic wasn't near as heavy & parking was readily available! We stopped at a tourist shop so I could get postcards & of course, look around a little! But just a little cause we wanted to get back on the scenic highway!
We made up for those Turkeys yesterday! Look what we saw today!!!
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both sides of the road were loaded with pulled over photo seekers!
Who wouldn't want a picture!?!
Lennie & Otis waited in the car as I snapped away. I could hear Otis getting a little verbal! Time to drive on!
Our last stop for tonight, & this trip, called SOCO Falls. Even Otis enjoyed this view!
Or did he!?!
Time to go home, I smell our chili!
Chili's ready & it does smell good, but first Otis needs to go for a "serious" potty walk! It is getting even cooler out so Otis gets dressed for the weather!
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I'll wear the sweater, but I don't want that stupid hood over my head!
.Time to go in for chili! Once again Len has disconnected the water hoses. Snow flurries are in the forecast for this area! Tomorrow morning we are leaving. After a quick overnight stop in Savannah,Georgia, we are Florida bound.......
This has to be my favorite site. Love being right on the stream. So pretty and peaceful. Doesn't look as crowded as that last place on the stream, so I have to say this is #1. Love the photo of you on the bridge. I am confused about the elk...looks like they are wearing necklaces in these photos. that cannot be!!!! Beautiful scenic highway...thanks for sharing as I will probably never get to see in real life. So pretty!!! (I don't think OTis likes his sweater!!!!!!)
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