Crossville, TN, to Bear Grass, NC (Post # 55)

August 29

 This morning as we were leaving Bean Pot Campground, Autumn texted me and asked if we'd seen the Headless Horseman.  I didn't get it at first, and then I realized the road heading into the campground was Sleepy Hollow Lane.  Funny, Autumn!  We have Find Friends on my iPhone, so the kids can keep track of our whereabouts.  Boy, how the tables have turned!


  

Our last Cracker Barrel meal for this trip--an early breakfast.  Fortunately, there weren't too many people here this early in the morning, so it didn't take us long to get back on the road.

 And such a beautiful section of road it is!  The mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina are always such a welcomed sight.

 Now this was scary!  There were about four sections of this modular home, and we had to follow them for many miles up and down the mountains and through the tunnels.  If you look at the picture above closely you'll see that the pilot car gets over in the left lane so no one can try to pass in the tunnel. Sometimes it moves over so quickly in front of another car without much warning and everyone has to put on brakes quickly! Paul is trying to get past one of the sections in the picture below.  I'm so thankful that Paul is such a good driver.

 The first tobacco we've seen on this trip.  The closer to home we got we saw lots more, but most of it looked like it had drowned and burned up in the field.  Oh, how I used to hate to have to work in this stuff!

                   Beautiful Crepe Myrtles.  We haven't seen many of these either.

I happened to see this truck about two lanes over as we came up on it.  I quickly snapped a picture, but I knew I couldn't have gotten it.  The truck was too far over with traffic between us, and we were going too fast.  How surprised I was when we looked back at the pictures.  Jesus is Lord!  I'm so glad He is!

We had to have one last storm before we got home.  But I can't complain because we have had some absolutely beautiful weather on this three month trip, especially in Alaska!

The sun is setting in the west so the camera couldn't quite capture the reading on the sign as we slipped across the Martin County Line.  Paul said we could look back at our other trips and get the same picture from one of those, but this one will do.  We know what it says!

 Almost home.

 I cannot say enough about this man.  He is such a pleasure to be with.  He is a good driver, and puts up with my "Honey, don't get too close," after he's just driven over 15,000 miles without incident.  He puts up with my silliness and hysteria when I get too tired.  He loves me unconditionally.  We have such a good time together, wherever we are.  I am so thankful God chose to put us together so many years ago.  And I'm looking forward to many more years and miles together.

Our home without wheels.

Today's stats:  544 miles and 9 hours on the road.

Final statistics:

Miles: 15,162

Months: 3--From May 29 through August 29, 2018

Days: 93

Pictures Taken: 12,714

Pictures Paul has posted: 1,529

Pictures I have posted on the blog:  I have no idea!

I hope you have enjoyed following along with us on our journey this summer.  We have certainly enjoyed our time on the road, being with each other, seeing beautiful country, camping, hiking, visiting family, and all the other things we've done. We are so appreciative of being allowed to do all these things and go to all these places.  We give God all the glory!  We thank Him for His protection, and we thank you for all your prayers.  

Much love to you all.  

Paul and Jackie