[mou] Back from Tennessess
Michael Hendrickson
smithville4@msn.com
Sat, 28 Jun 2003 12:27:58 -0500
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Hello:
Well I survived the first family trip to Nashville and Gatlinburg Tenn. =
I owe a lot of credit to the 9 inch TV with VCR and Nintendo game cube!
The trip was fun and had some interesting highlights. In Rockford =
Illinois I went to the emergency hospital to have the staff look at my =
lower right calf as it balloon to the size of a elephant leg! Before =
the trip I rip or strain a tendon and all the driving made it swell up. =
I was fitted for a make shift cast and told not to drive and do very =
little walking! Monica drove thru Indiana and before that I navigated =
her thru Chicago. Finally I decided to go against doctors orders and =
drove from Louisville to Bowling Green where we ate dinner at some =
greasy diner with locals repeating "HiALL" all the time and I ate my =
first bowl of grits!
Nashville was great and the drive was beautiful reminded me a lot of SE =
Minnesota. We stayed 2 nights at the Grand Ole Opry Hotel and if you =
haven't been there its like removing all the shops at the Mall of =
America and replacing it with hotel rooms (1500+ of them) and add 2 huge =
garden conservatories. It was a town of its own.
Gatlinburg was sad! A very very beautiful little town that was created =
into this tourist town. The 2 mile stretch of town took 1 hour to =
travel. The sidewalks were loaded with tourists, bikers, hikers, hobos, =
and young kids walking around in bride dresses and guys in tuxes ready =
to get married in one of the several chapels along the strip. One =
couple was pushing a baby buggy into the chapel to get married!! ( a =
little backwards but made for some chuckles).
The Smoky Mts are outstanding! We took the auto tour in the mountains =
and I couldn't pass the image of the "Waltons" TV show as we saw a few =
old homesteads in the hills. =20
Well the trip was fun and I saw a specialist for my leg and the leg is =
healing just fine. I am very glad to be back in the north and the cool =
air and cold fronts off lake Superior.
Remember August 23rd there is a MOU Bird trip and there is plenty of =
room and also many stories about the trip that will knock your socks =
off! So please give me a reply and sign up for the bird trip to Dakota =
Co to look for shorebirds at sewage ponds and sod farms.
Mike H.
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<DIV>Hello:</DIV>
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<DIV>Well I survived the first family trip to Nashville and Gatlinburg=20
Tenn. I owe a lot of credit to the 9 inch TV with VCR and =
Nintendo=20
game cube!</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The trip was fun and had some interesting highlights. In =
Rockford=20
Illinois I went to the emergency hospital to have the staff look at my =
lower=20
right calf as it balloon to the size of a elephant leg! Before the =
trip I=20
rip or strain a tendon and all the driving made it swell up. I was =
fitted=20
for a make shift cast and told not to drive and do very little =
walking! =20
Monica drove thru Indiana and before that I navigated her thru Chicago. =
Finally=20
I decided to go against doctors orders and drove from Louisville to =
Bowling=20
Green where we ate dinner at some greasy diner with locals repeating =
"HiALL" all=20
the time and I ate my first bowl of grits!</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Nashville was great and the drive was beautiful reminded me a lot =
of SE=20
Minnesota. We stayed 2 nights at the Grand Ole Opry Hotel and if =
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haven't been there its like removing all the shops at the Mall of =
America and=20
replacing it with hotel rooms (1500+ of them) and add 2 huge garden=20
conservatories. It was a town of its own.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Gatlinburg was sad! A very very beautiful little town that =
was=20
created into this tourist town. The 2 mile stretch of town took 1 =
hour to=20
travel. The sidewalks were loaded with tourists, bikers, hikers,=20
hobos, and young kids walking around in bride dresses and guys in =
tuxes=20
ready to get married in one of the several chapels along the =
strip. One=20
couple was pushing a baby buggy into the chapel to get married!! ( =
a=20
little backwards but made for some chuckles).</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The Smoky Mts are outstanding! We took the auto tour in the =
mountains=20
and I couldn't pass the image of the "Waltons" TV show as we saw a few =
old=20
homesteads in the hills. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Well the trip was fun and I saw a specialist for my leg and the leg =
is=20
healing just fine. I am very glad to be back in the north and the =
cool air=20
and cold fronts off lake Superior.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Remember August 23rd there is a MOU Bird trip and there is plenty =
of room=20
and also many stories about the trip that will knock your socks =
off! So=20
please give me a reply and sign up for the bird trip to Dakota Co to =
look for=20
shorebirds at sewage ponds and sod farms.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Mike H.</DIV></BODY></HTML>
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