Lunch today was at the old coal mining town of Barthell. The special today was meat loaf or BBQ ribs. We had hamburgers and fries. The place actually served Pepsi and had cherry cobbler for dessert. We were happy campers. Some of the locals came in after church and greeted us. One even stopped to ask how we were doing. Really nice little local place to eat at. To get there you drove down the county road to a lane and then off onto a gravel road that if we'd met a car coming at us - one of us would have had to back up.
From there we decided to do a little hiking. We went down a road
that actually has two overlooks. The top one was Gorge Overlook and it was .3 miles back to the deck. The picture on the left is from the overlook. The one here on the right is from Devil's Jump Overlook. At the far right of this picture you can see Gorge Overlook where I took the first picture from.
DUH - YA THINK!!!! See how happy I look. I was hoping to see another one, but alas, we didn't see any wildlife worth photographing.
Canoers on the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River.
At the end of our hiking, we went back to Stearns for fuel and found that the station was right next to the Stearns Dairy Dip. Hallelujah!!!
This evening, we visited with some of our neighbors and compared health, drugs (perscription), pets and traveling experiences. They offered sweet tea which Larry had, I had my Pepsi with me. They're from around the Nashville area and have a toy hauler that hauls a Gold Wing Trike. They're thinking of going full time so I unloaded some of my books on full timing and a magazine from the Escapees organization. She's ready but he's dragging his feet - how's that for a switch.
We're getting the humidity from the tropical storm that's off the east coast. Just sitting under the trees in the shade causes you to sweat. Stepping into this camper from outside is like stepping into a meat locker - feels real good. It was around 93 here today with humidity in the 60's. Great day to be hiking.
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