Morristown to Portland

 Our flight out was not until noon so we did not have to rush.  We got packed up and had a leisurely breakfast.  Sue took Hoss for a walk before shutting him up in his crate.  Kem came to pick us up at 9 am.  It is about 1 1/2 hour drive to the airport.  The traffic was not bad.  We got to the airport in plenty of time to go through security and to get to our gate.  Our flight was delayed leaving by 1/2 hour.  This made us a little nervous because Debbie did not have much turn around time before her flight to Seattle.  I had 3 hours in Atlanta.  

A ton of star azaleas in the central area of the Knoxville airport. We were late, so I guess the Spirit Hunter was wrong.

Not a very exciting airport.

A lot of rolling hills, rivers, and lakes.  It is a very short flight, so there was no food service. 

Line of Delta planes

Atlanta

Taking the "train plane" to Debbie's concourse.  We came in on D7 and she needed to get to A30, 17 minutes according to my Delta App.  We had 20 minutes.  

I followed her to her gate since I had plenty of time.  

After I said good-bye to Debbie I headed off to my gate.  I could walk to my gate instead of taking the train.

Cool hallway

Once over on my concourse, I looked for a lunch place.  I ended out at Savi's.

The tomato basil soup was delicious and the wrap was ok.  I took 1/2 with me for later. 

I arrived in Portland right on time.  Maybe that was what the Spirit Hunter was referring to.

Cute escape room

I was at the back of the plane so it took me a while to get out and head to baggage claim.  I think that my bag was one of the last ones unloaded. George and Nathan had to circle a few times.  It was nice to have them meet me.  I was home by 8:15 pm.  

Monday

 

Hoss really can't make up his mind where he wants to sit. He kept going back and forth between Sue and Debbie.

2 of Kem's studs were visible today when we went on our morning walk.  I found out that I have been misspelling Kem's name all of this time) 

The lawnmower guy came by.  He drove the mower like a NASCAR driver. After lunch and walk with Hoss we went to the Panther Creek State Park.

Panther Creek State Park

Great view of Cherokee Lake

View point

me, Debbie & Sue

Tulip Poplar tree on Sue's property.

Sue and Debbie continue have problems with the ticks.  I have been lucky.

Kem came over for hamburgers tonight.  Sue got hamburgers from Rachel (sister) at Christmas.  Thank you, Rachel.  

I guess we have not been doing much walking other than the several daily dog walks.

Kem came over for a brief visit after she fed her horses.  She brought some spirit hunters (made out of copper which is sensitive to vibrations).  You ask them yes or no questions while you hold the sticks in front of you.  They spin and then they stop in the yes position or no position.  We each tried it.   I asked if our flight would be delayed tomorrow and the sticks said no.  So we shall see. 

Kem is teaching Sue how to hold the spirit hunters.

Kem and Sue.  Kem asked if she had made any new friends lately and the hunters spun to point at Debbie and me. 

Debbie asked several questions that got a maybe response.  ;-)

Sunday

 

My coffee station.  

We had a light breakfast.

Debbie got set up to do YouTubes of several products for Amazon.  She is an Amazon Influencer.  If someone watches any of her videos on Amazon about a product then she gets a certain percentage.  Even if you do not buy the same product that you watched.  She did 5 product YouTubes.  There is quite a process involved with being an influencer.

There is a lot of poison ivy around.

We went on our usual walk but we stayed on the path because of the ticks.  Debbie and Sue have both had bites.

After lunch I had a chance to do church on Zoom.  That was nice. Debbie had a chance to upload all of her YouTubes.  

We went on a short walk.  It started to rain so it was a very short walk.

pouring

We went to Chilis for dinner.  We each had the soup and salad special.  It hit the spot.

Then we relaxed all evening. 

Saturday

 I took a few pictures around the house.

front room with living room to the right and stairs up to Debbie and my rooms.

sun room

Debbie's room

my room

We had a nice breakfast of Jimmy Dean's breakfast bowls.  We took Hoss on a walk down to the gate.  We looked at a lot of Sue's 22 acre piece of land.  If she were in Oregon it would be full of grape vines instead of hay.

We did a Zoom call to Rachel so we could have the 4 sisters together.  We heard that they have been having quite a hard year.  Andy has had a brain tumor.  He has had surgery and chemo therapy.  Now he is on a clinical trial.  They think that he is all clear.  But there have been a lot of side effects.  Keep them in your thoughts. 

The front of the house

Side of the house

We went to Walmart to go get a few essentials, like wine. On the way home we stopped to see Kim's pony's.  They sure were cute.  There were a couple of babies. 

Wine and dog treats.  Great combination. 

Sue also has a 40 acre plot of land.  Kim keeps horses on that land as well.  

Hoss is sharing the love.

Another walk around the property.  We had to watch for ticks.  

Hoss and his namesake (check out the people on the TV)

We headed to Texas Roadhouse for dinner.  Kim met us there.

Delicious meal.  I had 6 oz filet with a loaded sweet potato and broccoli. YUMMY.  

Sue, Debbie, me, and Kim

Debbie got a tick that was starting to burrow.  Luckily Kim had a hemostat available so she could pull it out.  I guess the ticks are extra bad this year.

Then we just hung out the rest of the evening.