Tripping along 500 miles

 First day was nice weather and mostly easy traffic, a Monday after all!

My first time going through Hot Springs NC, I saw a pedestrian bridge over my highway which said the Appalachian Trail was there. Not sure if it was over the French Broad River also. I never saw where the trail came into town, which I’d heard of.

There were lots of artsy places - and I just stayed on the main highway so didn’t see where the springs were - where various pools are available for soaks.

The French Broad River was parallel for much of that first leg of my trip…with lots of hairpin turns and traversing mountain ridges! I wondered how the river was actually flowing downhill the whole way.

I tried to capture barns as I drove along…as the speed limit was pretty reasonable.

A bank in Newport TN

Then Seri (or whoever tells me where to turn on my map app) got me confused in Newport TN. That’s my story, but it might have been the many turns that has US 25 east, west, north or south. I took the wrong one, but Seri got me over to the right one, after this funny back road (at least it was paved!)

It was a really nice day driving, and stopping every hour or so to stretch my legs. Next chapter will show some of Kentucky. Once I was on the interstates, I had to find interesting places to stop.

And I have shared my granddaughter’s photo “The Piemaker” as my header…also saving it here. 

It sounds and smells like a delicious pumpkin pie!

My son Russ and his wife, Michelle, working in their kitchen. She whipped up lasagna in a couple of hours, from scratch! Russ works from home and definitely puts in many long hours.