The Adventure has begun. It took a couple of weeks to get used to not working. And now we've started heading west. We started out in Lexington, VA at Natural Bridge. Did you know that the Haunted Mansion burned recently and they don't know if it will reopen -- and I never went in, just saw it from the outside. Another landmark gone.

Tonight we're in Crossville, TN which is between Knoxville and Nashville. We saw an interesting bird that was trying out his mating dance but we didn't see a female and of course we forgot to bring a bird book so I don't know what it was. Oh well, it was fun observing Spring rituals.

Tomorrow we head west and plan to spend a couple of nights in Loretta Lynn's birthplace, Hurricane Mills, TN. My friend Alison and I had lunch there once and as I recall, it was the best fried chicken I'd eaten in years. So we'll check it out tomorrow night and buy Loretta Lynn souvenirs for family. We may try to hit the world's largest tree house as we leave the campground tomorrow. Oh so much to see and so little time. I promise to add pictures for you with the next installment of the blog.

I hope you're finding the links useful and some of these ramblings amusing or at least interesting. I'm having fun writing them. Cheers my friends.