From Happy Trails

Game Night = Fun with Volunteers

Tom and I have been enjoying a weekly game night with the other volunteers here at Fort Frederica.  Right now there are three other volunteer couples.  Although we are the only living history volunteers, we are enjoying spending time with the other volunteers in social situations.  Bob and Denise Verba are returning volunteers who we …

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Autumn Leaves of Red and Gold

I love autumn in Ohio.  Warm, sunny days with cool, crisp nights make the hardwood trees turn such beautiful colors.  I have been a lot of places in the United States and the leaves in fall in Ohio are as beautiful as any other state.  As pretty as the Smoky Mountains, New England, or Colorado. …

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Humorous Signs from My Travels

Tom and I see humorous signs when we travel.  I have shared some of them in the past, and you can see the posts here:  from 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2021.  From stick-figure-warning man to handwritten signs, people are trying to tell us stuff, if we pay attention to the signs.  These are the top …

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Cumberland Falls State Park

On one of our adventure days, Tom, Robin, and I went to Cumberland Falls State Resort Park.  Sometimes we have visitors come in to Cumberland Gap National Historical Park and say that they want to see the falls.  At first that question threw me, because we don’t really have any waterfalls in the park.  But …

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Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park

On a recent day off, Tom and I headed to Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park in Elizabethton, Tennessee.  It took us about two hours to get there, but it is a lovely drive through a valley beside the mountains. Sycamore Shoals is historically important for three reasons.  The first relates to Kings Mountain National Military …

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Pine Mountain State Resort Park

On one of our days off, Tom and I explored Pine Mountain State Resort Park, about 10 miles north of Middlesboro, Kentucky.  Pine Mountain was the first state park in Kentucky, opening in 1924.  The state park benefited from construction projects by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930’s.  They built an office building, cabins, …

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