Cumberland Mountain State Park

Last Saturday, on our way home from Lascassas, we stopped at the Cumberland County Playhouse to watch "Ain't Misbehavin,'" a Fats Waller musical show. It included great songs like "Two Sleepy People," "I'm Going to Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter," and "Your Feet's Too Big." The all-black cast consisted of five very tallented singers and dancers.

After the show, which started at 11 a.m., we drove out to the Cumberland Mountain State Park for a lunch buffet at the lodge. I shot this picture without even getting up from the table.

It was one of those fun days that you hear about.
Howard(This article transferred from http://scooterplace.blogspot.com )

apple orchard

I was tempted to convert this picture to black and white, just to see if anybody would think it was made in 1940. But the colors were just too good. The old Chevrolet is already in black and white. Picture made Nov. 2005 near Cosby, Tennessee.
Howard

Fall color

This is an East Tennessee vineyard with the Smoky Mountains in the background. I made this picture, and the one above today, November 6, 2005.

Sing it Willie!

It's time to get "On the Road Again." Don't forget the camera. Travel is the best therapy for retirement blues, and if you are retired, all of your weekends are seven days.

Travel is not all I do. I collect antique motor scooters (See http://www.scooterplace.blogspot.com) and Langley DeLiars. I spend a lot of seven day weekends working in the yard or the garden. But travel is my thing.

Fortunately, my wife/caregiver/secretary/editor/cook/bookkeeper/financial advisor/trip planner is also a traveler and we have visited all 50 of the United States, plus Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. We have traveled in Central America, Canada and all over the Caribbean. We cruise a lot, and have sailed the Inside Passage to Alaska and through the Panama Canal.

How can a retired teacher and a retired secretary afford all that travel? We have learned a few tricks, and some of them will be shared on this site. But take it from me. . . . traveling doesn't cost much more than staying at home.

If you want to read this blog in the right order, you must read this post and then move up. For some reason, the newest post is always at the top, and everytime I post, this one moves down.