Rainy Day Fun

 It rained most of the day, but we managed to have some fun. In the afternoon we went for a drive so they could show me the town. We ended up on a ridge with quite a view.

It was stunning... taken in the more literal sense. I was stunned. I had no idea we were so close to actual mountains. This is the western edge of the Appalachians. Also stunning as in gorgeous, even in the fog and mist.

I'm pretty sure the ridge right in front of us is called Chilhowee Mountain.

I love the shades of the layers of hills. The mountain is about 10 miles away.

Let's zoom in once more for even more varied layers. Don't be fooled into thinking the blue-gray is sky. Look at the top. The sky is white. That gray is Chilhowee Mountain. Actual elevaton about 1800 feet.

It's a lot of pictures, but I have to show you Sugarloaf Mountain (what else, right?). It's just so cute sitting out there all alone. The Ocoee River flows between it and Chilhowee where it is dammed to formed Lake Ocoee.

Other than that, we did puzzles. We were talking about the rabbit puzzle I got for Christmas. Well, Lin has some of the puzzles like that made by the really good company, Liberty Puzzles. We had to get one out.

There are many interesting pieces in these puzzles. Here are just a few. Sometimes you even had to combine several pieces to make the shape- for example there were about 6 pieces that made a car. There was a woman sitting at a table with a teapot and that was four pieces. And the shapes have nothing to do with the picture on the puzzle.

I loved this picture. It wasn't quite as hard as I thought it might be. We started last night, and I finished it this morning while Lin had a prior commitment. It's called Starry River.

Not content to quit with one, we did another one this afternoon. This was easier. It's called Grizzly Bear. In this one, most of the animals in the picture had a shape piece of the animal that was also part of the picture. The frog had a frog shape in the middle, likewise the eagle and the porcupine, and more.

These are really high quality puzzles, and it was a treat to get to do a couple.

Joe has made some wonderful meals! They eat a lot of veggies, and you know this made me happy too.

Tomorrow I'll be back on the road.

See Bradley County Greenway