tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2961426718412884522024-02-02T11:01:33.315-06:00The "ARUNDEL" On The Great Circle Loop 2007From Texas to Canada and back with pictures and comments along the way.James Taylor--Rennie Criswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04625309231208848528noreply@blogger.comBlogger158125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-296142671841288452.post-35496110311657237962007-11-14T16:39:00.001-06:002007-11-14T16:49:07.023-06:00That's All Folks............................<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDEf9cXXN8alQMI3saAo8oi5yF3JGVC7GCshqovhhA5NOTo9_TGreaQ5V767BFSfSnV8I0miqJNzirulYySdWUDU8Kao3nvC2Wvh3lfxH0VQxgF_x-VKwR6X3TCU65RNAKXNEogpnPjEw/s1600-h/Arundel+(3).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132830321128151202" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDEf9cXXN8alQMI3saAo8oi5yF3JGVC7GCshqovhhA5NOTo9_TGreaQ5V767BFSfSnV8I0miqJNzirulYySdWUDU8Kao3nvC2Wvh3lfxH0VQxgF_x-VKwR6X3TCU65RNAKXNEogpnPjEw/s320/Arundel+(3).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKRvvuXlkDdD6x8uHbgV53Fu9fD0vifh8iTUO0N1nJBPFqJUL7S4dovw4uFjoJg5j2rZHJfluk4ypfomYr6OGcWcY2UmHHnErzydsEEFDYcgV5phmIvt8goa9CB4rdtGfz3XcwJ37fKrg/s1600-h/DSCN0820.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132829831501879442" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKRvvuXlkDdD6x8uHbgV53Fu9fD0vifh8iTUO0N1nJBPFqJUL7S4dovw4uFjoJg5j2rZHJfluk4ypfomYr6OGcWcY2UmHHnErzydsEEFDYcgV5phmIvt8goa9CB4rdtGfz3XcwJ37fKrg/s320/DSCN0820.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>We passed under the Dolphin Island Alabama bridge at 10:25am................so after 6,365 miles....we have crossed our wake. It's difficult to describe how wonderful this adventure was. It's a lifetime of memories and so many new friends!!!!! Thank You All.....................</div></div>James Taylor--Rennie Criswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04625309231208848528noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-296142671841288452.post-7326014162252881032007-11-14T16:12:00.000-06:002007-11-14T16:38:39.527-06:00The End Is Getting Near -----MOBILE<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzZl1KyVXDyHV41eTH1XSAmZ6hMsW_7EFnNIe-D4vC67ieMmCToRtozqyOjKEKaxsBBXXTd5iEHG8f1cDkZOV6C67Y1HGl4hhdLVsE2J-t9z1Y9oCc75sjPM4IHf0D6KV5UeuDlsO24js/s1600-h/IMG_0634%5B1%5D.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132828186529405058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzZl1KyVXDyHV41eTH1XSAmZ6hMsW_7EFnNIe-D4vC67ieMmCToRtozqyOjKEKaxsBBXXTd5iEHG8f1cDkZOV6C67Y1HGl4hhdLVsE2J-t9z1Y9oCc75sjPM4IHf0D6KV5UeuDlsO24js/s320/IMG_0634%5B1%5D.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7v2oQpRBA5R-fzoqot-q26bq666g0L0lBW7F8Hrf5YPwFsFun0nWIsVhMPvyzqQEcCdzYUMLdSRKMwUKa9Ud_tcwlSO1AapBL3P6l_cK3ISeYQDKZaElLDOxbnB-k6vRYkd3Oydu4aCE/s1600-h/DSCN0814.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132826017570920562" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7v2oQpRBA5R-fzoqot-q26bq666g0L0lBW7F8Hrf5YPwFsFun0nWIsVhMPvyzqQEcCdzYUMLdSRKMwUKa9Ud_tcwlSO1AapBL3P6l_cK3ISeYQDKZaElLDOxbnB-k6vRYkd3Oydu4aCE/s320/DSCN0814.JPG" border="0" /></a> Going through the ship channel at Mobile made us realize the end is getting near. Spent 2 nights at Dog River....dinner with friends Maureen and Dennis Schmeichel on Bacchus III.<br /><br /><div></div></div>James Taylor--Rennie Criswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04625309231208848528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-296142671841288452.post-63087472699254625602007-11-14T16:04:00.000-06:002007-11-14T16:12:13.534-06:00It's Not Much......But<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCR5hsXHBaaX5KglN_w39NY37TQ8JYJfWczvb84qa9jWlkIVxg71drW0vFRdSgFySwBzWX8ndco0ub9Y7V2HftP1OhCipDZvD8XoIpBTKyWdyjkLLU_rjzH8Q7RkFy0hOlWEj-d05n_Wo/s1600-h/DSCN0810.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132821761258330210" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCR5hsXHBaaX5KglN_w39NY37TQ8JYJfWczvb84qa9jWlkIVxg71drW0vFRdSgFySwBzWX8ndco0ub9Y7V2HftP1OhCipDZvD8XoIpBTKyWdyjkLLU_rjzH8Q7RkFy0hOlWEj-d05n_Wo/s320/DSCN0810.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />I kept hoping I would find lots of foliage somewhere, but this was about all I could locate. Perhaps next year..........................<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGZUJBn5i2mmK3DRof0L09HlphSnFVer1bdBe2PUhUZ12FgnUMhI4T5HESWXwXr9J2GdFgzFTBLxULtrhoycZe-KLOf1fjKT-fqeE42dnVInn1jU9eokkZB1BsfOC7SybgjquZSgot4ZA/s1600-h/DSCN0799.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132821112718268498" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGZUJBn5i2mmK3DRof0L09HlphSnFVer1bdBe2PUhUZ12FgnUMhI4T5HESWXwXr9J2GdFgzFTBLxULtrhoycZe-KLOf1fjKT-fqeE42dnVInn1jU9eokkZB1BsfOC7SybgjquZSgot4ZA/s320/DSCN0799.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkhKXiJZUqRs2uo25eYrhznpVgNbY_gcufARZLNQq3C9Ow4C3X0EIboD8IET2KykC3UcPUZkZUba4Y_eRBuCq6Pi4L1E_PIdK8JqQ7HB5IzH5q5x7IaICaH1Jzy0pbAnlJzYD150sFt5Q/s1600-h/DSCN0795.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132820756235982914" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkhKXiJZUqRs2uo25eYrhznpVgNbY_gcufARZLNQq3C9Ow4C3X0EIboD8IET2KykC3UcPUZkZUba4Y_eRBuCq6Pi4L1E_PIdK8JqQ7HB5IzH5q5x7IaICaH1Jzy0pbAnlJzYD150sFt5Q/s320/DSCN0795.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div>James Taylor--Rennie Criswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04625309231208848528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-296142671841288452.post-15097528616908107422007-11-14T15:54:00.000-06:002007-11-14T16:03:33.969-06:00Now This Is A LOCK!!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBJwXAAxqro4uQBajV-Zzpmv_RGQ952q2Of4LobfjX4CM4LMTE9ZwA02ptV5wuSds8_LRFkTNA_3dc7mD5WdFqKOc7VnVzZCJJ7Kcc09Dz9R_6zbd-zFHKvKeBQ8RaL8gGeEyDD4T_DvM/s1600-h/DSCN0797.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132819334601807922" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBJwXAAxqro4uQBajV-Zzpmv_RGQ952q2Of4LobfjX4CM4LMTE9ZwA02ptV5wuSds8_LRFkTNA_3dc7mD5WdFqKOc7VnVzZCJJ7Kcc09Dz9R_6zbd-zFHKvKeBQ8RaL8gGeEyDD4T_DvM/s400/DSCN0797.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><div></div></div><br />This is the Whitten Lock & Dam. It feels like being in an 84 foot Black Hole. It's the ninth highest single lift lock in the Nation. I have no fear of locks but this fellow does catch your attention.James Taylor--Rennie Criswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04625309231208848528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-296142671841288452.post-53434963165194409022007-11-14T15:21:00.000-06:002007-11-14T15:53:55.165-06:00Ten-Tom River<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8w1V87mO1r8i9WuG5gSv2BnLQzT7uXYSTXbdOOLyFRfJjvwEASw8BJwvGFo4ioct5vLr1HMrPN-o-yZstVSRwlk9Wkp8Nj3in3LJ8R-oC0c5O0JGeevq4GGH_1DCOnuh9__zPLp8ShMk/s1600-h/DSCN0807.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132814094741706770" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8w1V87mO1r8i9WuG5gSv2BnLQzT7uXYSTXbdOOLyFRfJjvwEASw8BJwvGFo4ioct5vLr1HMrPN-o-yZstVSRwlk9Wkp8Nj3in3LJ8R-oC0c5O0JGeevq4GGH_1DCOnuh9__zPLp8ShMk/s320/DSCN0807.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH5XKxn2hA10zU9FVIQH32eJ7PiC_6zEC98cOEOLdDxA7bm8Fo1FsrPBVQRuh3cNHh_w8-UjAzqFnvw5Mnrp5Ef0D_WsLxi7krOW7j6QdiLpNnTROzmP0VxnClV8G7JnUEO-KFYdI8q9A/s1600-h/DSCN0808.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132813347417397250" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH5XKxn2hA10zU9FVIQH32eJ7PiC_6zEC98cOEOLdDxA7bm8Fo1FsrPBVQRuh3cNHh_w8-UjAzqFnvw5Mnrp5Ef0D_WsLxi7krOW7j6QdiLpNnTROzmP0VxnClV8G7JnUEO-KFYdI8q9A/s320/DSCN0808.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm665MFtILyu_whs61YucExW9SJnOcP1rG9DgydLRGu26zKQbS34_rSpTQZOyvMRAK8sgIqrjPb4fX2BwijI7j96CbgTASzwXA1m0UpD3_TXbFBDSZIEqg89G7bPHJMpdU5OiZbA0hyZM/s1600-h/DSCN0804.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132811835588909042" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm665MFtILyu_whs61YucExW9SJnOcP1rG9DgydLRGu26zKQbS34_rSpTQZOyvMRAK8sgIqrjPb4fX2BwijI7j96CbgTASzwXA1m0UpD3_TXbFBDSZIEqg89G7bPHJMpdU5OiZbA0hyZM/s320/DSCN0804.JPG" border="0" /></a> The Tenn-Tom river, which is 450 miles long, does not have many <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">picturesque</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">scenery to capture</span>, but the White Cliffs of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Epes</span> were beautiful and catching them with a little fall foliage was outstanding!!!!<br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>James Taylor--Rennie Criswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04625309231208848528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-296142671841288452.post-58482008386056111722007-11-05T13:59:00.000-06:002007-11-05T14:08:47.753-06:00Fall Foliage<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_PJr3kTXCBEZ5FCSM-FOfIZbmPhGMJOZjklLWAt-tAlIUBsK-aexEEMdtH8JtadqAE8m8aFGcmtLKa6IN4AzKLhbdbbAFeQDhwuu4n10vHb7AeoWgzwDiLmqn1jAywJFIJ4kIXkWY2fo/s1600-h/DSCN0792.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129449082131308626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_PJr3kTXCBEZ5FCSM-FOfIZbmPhGMJOZjklLWAt-tAlIUBsK-aexEEMdtH8JtadqAE8m8aFGcmtLKa6IN4AzKLhbdbbAFeQDhwuu4n10vHb7AeoWgzwDiLmqn1jAywJFIJ4kIXkWY2fo/s400/DSCN0792.JPG" border="0" /></a> Okay, so fall foliage is a little sparse so far. We saw a few colored trees on our car trip but it's just been too hot and dry here and the leaves are not changing. My friend Diana Cole and I went for a walk in Joe Wheeler Park and I picked some colored leaves and made this <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">collage. Maybe on our way down the Tenn-Tom there will be some color.</span><br /><div></div>James Taylor--Rennie Criswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04625309231208848528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-296142671841288452.post-14948706402599408712007-11-05T13:22:00.000-06:002007-11-05T14:37:43.533-06:00Jack Daniels DistilleryThe Jack Daniel Distillery in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Lynchberg</span> ,<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Tennesse</span> is definitely worth the trip. Jack's life story was very interesting. He was only 5'4" tall but dressed every elegantly so as to impress the ladies. He never married but had many lady friends. He talked <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">a lot</span> about his "Belle" and each of his ladies thought he was talking about them. However, his step-sister was named Belle and history believes he was talking about her. He started in the business when he was 13. A preacher who reared him sold the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">distillery</span> to him when his followers said he had to be a preacher or own a distillery but he couldn't do both. .The entire process was very interesting....take a tour if you're by that way<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE-OxiQl-bRcKcyn45OB1a3cveaE-4h-14U8B8RLvBKjr32QDTSgl9aiw7_0JO1oSgfvtG1LPPxrA_rZAOVlMVDg7oD3kIgfyZscKIpBFvS27wxh0pW6NaFKsg7IuPRTTxCbKNZnbq3eA/s1600-h/Alabama%2520Roundeveau%2520164%5B1%5D.JPG">.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129451981234233458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE-OxiQl-bRcKcyn45OB1a3cveaE-4h-14U8B8RLvBKjr32QDTSgl9aiw7_0JO1oSgfvtG1LPPxrA_rZAOVlMVDg7oD3kIgfyZscKIpBFvS27wxh0pW6NaFKsg7IuPRTTxCbKNZnbq3eA/s400/Alabama%2520Roundeveau%2520164%5B1%5D.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6E5dNHcRwAWsLfu-dtc9mb0pX6a5Q8MQwgGB37KJ7bW1t9j8U6VW4lHeYena26N6cDbWXCeMKNpvvTOp9Y6N2ROcryq0iKDYscwegJYlJvA4Wrra__FLTWYA0C9y0bY2htE9uCx-YWM/s1600-h/Alabama%2520Roundeveau%2520176%5B1%5D.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129451598982144098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6E5dNHcRwAWsLfu-dtc9mb0pX6a5Q8MQwgGB37KJ7bW1t9j8U6VW4lHeYena26N6cDbWXCeMKNpvvTOp9Y6N2ROcryq0iKDYscwegJYlJvA4Wrra__FLTWYA0C9y0bY2htE9uCx-YWM/s400/Alabama%2520Roundeveau%2520176%5B1%5D.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div></div>James Taylor--Rennie Criswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04625309231208848528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-296142671841288452.post-73628907779163339962007-11-05T12:53:00.000-06:002007-11-05T13:56:45.805-06:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5h1TcI3FxPbFitCb2CplfVx4oM6bbrTSzKfAEIllPcBjGn4gBV0idjnmlGB4HOvFnRL33ANwf5DvryBjroWwnDZqmM00pY5td0hoYdOPr-QF8RcJQk0hzBKwR_-Wfz5-NeTxWfAV3ilU/s1600-h/Alabama%2520Roundeveau%2520106%5B1%5D.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129447011957071938" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5h1TcI3FxPbFitCb2CplfVx4oM6bbrTSzKfAEIllPcBjGn4gBV0idjnmlGB4HOvFnRL33ANwf5DvryBjroWwnDZqmM00pY5td0hoYdOPr-QF8RcJQk0hzBKwR_-Wfz5-NeTxWfAV3ilU/s320/Alabama%2520Roundeveau%2520106%5B1%5D.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyfzhAzOLfMVEMxPvVa4r2E-1741SwM4ukb9gcZbRDCGTTCt9oHLSVR2rUvlniiomyvSpyE7dNJMMo5WrHeKCkTnXeFFi79M9V49kJoBpIK4nIB8IzqQNFQ0TYqHQIm-ciRKOANmLsKMw/s1600-h/Alabama%2520Roundeveau%2520120%5B1%5D.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129434316033744866" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyfzhAzOLfMVEMxPvVa4r2E-1741SwM4ukb9gcZbRDCGTTCt9oHLSVR2rUvlniiomyvSpyE7dNJMMo5WrHeKCkTnXeFFi79M9V49kJoBpIK4nIB8IzqQNFQ0TYqHQIm-ciRKOANmLsKMw/s320/Alabama%2520Roundeveau%2520120%5B1%5D.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif501ip3r3ctAKTSZDkhCYNNqKfDxPSqyHwoqRG0qBn9nRz908kHFjH9ah_ThgMwgbjVZqnnImdPxwEkS66h325ROwj3425PIg2ePvSsr5x_gjSHrm42sq0YjUulb3CPG8VuFSiaeLVfk/s1600-h/Alabama%2520Roundeveau%2520096%5B1%5D.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129433676083617746" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif501ip3r3ctAKTSZDkhCYNNqKfDxPSqyHwoqRG0qBn9nRz908kHFjH9ah_ThgMwgbjVZqnnImdPxwEkS66h325ROwj3425PIg2ePvSsr5x_gjSHrm42sq0YjUulb3CPG8VuFSiaeLVfk/s320/Alabama%2520Roundeveau%2520096%5B1%5D.JPG" border="0" /></a> The entrance to Lookout Mountain<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Lookout mountain where one of the great Union, Confederate battles took place. This battle was also known as the "War Above The Clouds".<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgotx6RcTeSQZjA-pEST91kCN1Oj1FGB6XRfx7h40BauVmIzqcLFuk0Ak46xPlyenqJvLpHKzRlpo4ONjJvCftjLJS6o2m_iSRt4PdgQVaUA38GRonfgcLoP8YPTo45N9mWPv0c61WuSTQ/s1600-h/Alabama%2520Roundeveau%2520094%5B1%5D.JPG"></a> </div></div><div><div>Overlooking the Tennessee.<br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgotx6RcTeSQZjA-pEST91kCN1Oj1FGB6XRfx7h40BauVmIzqcLFuk0Ak46xPlyenqJvLpHKzRlpo4ONjJvCftjLJS6o2m_iSRt4PdgQVaUA38GRonfgcLoP8YPTo45N9mWPv0c61WuSTQ/s1600-h/Alabama%2520Roundeveau%2520094%5B1%5D.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129432250154475458" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgotx6RcTeSQZjA-pEST91kCN1Oj1FGB6XRfx7h40BauVmIzqcLFuk0Ak46xPlyenqJvLpHKzRlpo4ONjJvCftjLJS6o2m_iSRt4PdgQVaUA38GRonfgcLoP8YPTo45N9mWPv0c61WuSTQ/s320/Alabama%2520Roundeveau%2520094%5B1%5D.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div><div>LookOut Mountain Battle National Park. <br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div></div>James Taylor--Rennie Criswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04625309231208848528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-296142671841288452.post-69601658722957701772007-11-05T12:42:00.000-06:002007-11-05T12:52:47.029-06:00The Gang!!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ONRUaOwOgA8J1Fd9r8zoklFOLmCal5qzObo2Z2nraFeGz5JlXX9Z1cUVNjAy6vH3K8TBjmI9gRcFlaWR4kCObZ5rJzniesXNb3dauMwF1aOEvSR7GmPIylENu_T9q21SZoqvYeXsjHA/s1600-h/Picture+084.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129429750483509170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ONRUaOwOgA8J1Fd9r8zoklFOLmCal5qzObo2Z2nraFeGz5JlXX9Z1cUVNjAy6vH3K8TBjmI9gRcFlaWR4kCObZ5rJzniesXNb3dauMwF1aOEvSR7GmPIylENu_T9q21SZoqvYeXsjHA/s400/Picture+084.JPG" border="0" /></a>As I mentioned before, there were over 300 people who attended this Fall Rendezvous. What a great bunch of people.............James Taylor--Rennie Criswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04625309231208848528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-296142671841288452.post-91172306758894495322007-11-05T12:34:00.000-06:002007-11-05T13:52:08.630-06:00HomeTown Friends Come To Visit<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu7JpPDg6l26-a7_TVpQLiMrgsHzPpI9MMgA4HTXwTgek2X7RdTs4gTYn9gVk_ENco1R8FNZ_B9Y0PhYoy1p4H2-qc7yvy0sPlTDXz-QxABHSPAcYtXkCbl3e96U2g491DBfHCv7udiBg/s1600-h/Alabama%2520Roundeveau%2520068%5B1%5D.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129426709646663586" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu7JpPDg6l26-a7_TVpQLiMrgsHzPpI9MMgA4HTXwTgek2X7RdTs4gTYn9gVk_ENco1R8FNZ_B9Y0PhYoy1p4H2-qc7yvy0sPlTDXz-QxABHSPAcYtXkCbl3e96U2g491DBfHCv7udiBg/s400/Alabama%2520Roundeveau%2520068%5B1%5D.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Our good friends Don and Rose Peck...of "Just Rosie" drove into town to attend the Rendezvous with us. We all had fun learning and after it was over, the four of us went on a 3 day adventure to Chattanooga and Knoxville....then up to Cumberland Gap in Kentucky to a small town Don was born in....<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Middlesboro</span>. We also visited the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Pinnacle</span>..in The Cumberland Gap Natl. Historic Park.</div><div> </div><div>At the Pinnacle you overlook, Virginia, Tennesse and Kentucky.</div>James Taylor--Rennie Criswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04625309231208848528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-296142671841288452.post-71753970118166797332007-11-05T12:24:00.000-06:002007-11-05T12:33:14.034-06:00Let The Games Begin<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ0ucKkF-w5UMZhAaQNenKuj1rHxx_SqJSp-mG1TBXIytE-3rc4PhPFTzVWPfz0SHi17DTI1BW9vdMbtvcvf3fagebSC6RdmTz0ES9nSD0RTrhNYKlX_Y2M5j0dfx8xWZCQGT84IWX9xc/s1600-h/Alabama_Roundeveau_072%5B1%5D.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129425034609418130" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ0ucKkF-w5UMZhAaQNenKuj1rHxx_SqJSp-mG1TBXIytE-3rc4PhPFTzVWPfz0SHi17DTI1BW9vdMbtvcvf3fagebSC6RdmTz0ES9nSD0RTrhNYKlX_Y2M5j0dfx8xWZCQGT84IWX9xc/s320/Alabama_Roundeveau_072%5B1%5D.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8X342w1Ix1UGgYryw9nHwG-brJ3KSxywkAFuA-XGU7_58vB72GJksRsSQx6EnKPjX6I4VNjDN7psgLVnAV193Gc2_kg0XSfhcHLK6N8xD7iZcl13ecMClmRlnvdQKzRyT-ibPXD-TDvA/s1600-h/Alabama_Roundeveau_066%5B1%5D.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129424514918375298" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8X342w1Ix1UGgYryw9nHwG-brJ3KSxywkAFuA-XGU7_58vB72GJksRsSQx6EnKPjX6I4VNjDN7psgLVnAV193Gc2_kg0XSfhcHLK6N8xD7iZcl13ecMClmRlnvdQKzRyT-ibPXD-TDvA/s320/Alabama_Roundeveau_066%5B1%5D.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Our friends, Howard and Diana Cole on "C Horse" participating in the great <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Olympia</span> Games....(well maybe not Olympia exactly) but they were a lot of fun to watch.....</div></div>James Taylor--Rennie Criswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04625309231208848528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-296142671841288452.post-53806159640847911932007-10-28T13:47:00.000-06:002007-11-05T12:16:02.611-06:00Voted Most Popular<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixYlSDRVD6QdxLwHISGQNIDId8jiZqJq6d8o35bfcr6nOYthY4An6gfeyoPCVunv4zp8tvXVG3DmEpwPM2WcY4NxE5ki1Y0jI3j7-Jp180EbdkfIXTgh8LFhS7OatDkjKpmbuV9IkxJ78/s1600-h/DSCN0779.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126479384550924882" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixYlSDRVD6QdxLwHISGQNIDId8jiZqJq6d8o35bfcr6nOYthY4An6gfeyoPCVunv4zp8tvXVG3DmEpwPM2WcY4NxE5ki1Y0jI3j7-Jp180EbdkfIXTgh8LFhS7OatDkjKpmbuV9IkxJ78/s400/DSCN0779.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The most popular person at the Rendezvous was not actually a person, but <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Brocker</span> the dog....<br />In fact, he was so popular....everyone called his masters, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Brocker's</span> Mom and Dad. What an extremely well behaved animal....with the sweetest face we all had ever seen. Everyone wanted to take him home.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKHXC3zOELh9jsPlBZyd8EenKVCkJaPvv85Sm5K6CHaTao3CD-tfHvFGlLzR_cHrBT3HAHD8_RvRleLgRbO9S31ekQCEgIlLpgFMh0Eyno-0Hg1_3uNogqsuC5qpQbSb3NoBRwtQ9Qi8c/s1600-h/DSCN0778.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126477121103159874" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKHXC3zOELh9jsPlBZyd8EenKVCkJaPvv85Sm5K6CHaTao3CD-tfHvFGlLzR_cHrBT3HAHD8_RvRleLgRbO9S31ekQCEgIlLpgFMh0Eyno-0Hg1_3uNogqsuC5qpQbSb3NoBRwtQ9Qi8c/s400/DSCN0778.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />He was a rescue dog that has brought so much joy to his masters, they are the ones who feel blessed.<br /><div></div>James Taylor--Rennie Criswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04625309231208848528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-296142671841288452.post-6835856895630626232007-10-27T17:04:00.001-06:002007-10-28T13:45:30.750-06:00The Great Circle Loop Rendezvous<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGPfu-KcdoqWayEuhW2PhPXPURWq6gQ08Q0smb-6xk4z6K0rBJDQ5HkoRxdHin-X7SFtr_DlE8aj3AWFLKA7li_-3Ho5gPN6Y_ddrGw8KfMvFvP0c_Udsl_-_e21FV9t7PneaAoBjwb7g/s1600-h/Alabama%2520Roundeveau%2520036%5B2%5D.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126156596283793906" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGPfu-KcdoqWayEuhW2PhPXPURWq6gQ08Q0smb-6xk4z6K0rBJDQ5HkoRxdHin-X7SFtr_DlE8aj3AWFLKA7li_-3Ho5gPN6Y_ddrGw8KfMvFvP0c_Udsl_-_e21FV9t7PneaAoBjwb7g/s400/Alabama%2520Roundeveau%2520036%5B2%5D.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />What a great time....80 boats, over 300 hundred people. Met lots of nice new people and ran into so many friends we had met along the way.<br /><br />The fall gathering was at Joe Wheeler State Park in Rogersville Al. It's a very nice setting with a lodge, swimming pool, and great facilities.<br /><br /><br />Monday through Thursdays there<br />were seminars, dinners, contests and lots of fun. This is the fall get-together for those boaters who have completed the Great Circle Loop. It's also a time for those who have just started or have not yet begun their trip to come and learn more about this amazing adventure.James Taylor--Rennie Criswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04625309231208848528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-296142671841288452.post-79367171899659554462007-10-10T16:41:00.000-06:002007-10-10T16:48:03.050-06:00Morning Mist on the Tennessee<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYBYI-3fooCQco2d3QTu8MlzPUvSQiwGn00EgwP-s0hyphenhyphenVtGZ4FLoF37VsECNIYHwi3uqwnXuc6woPUkFptb0G5JKfc6qsa5xFXpvesrJ3CIAyzYEDopt-dGacYOQXBlvcPZ8GaZL5JZsQ/s1600-h/DSCN0772.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119842758624788210" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYBYI-3fooCQco2d3QTu8MlzPUvSQiwGn00EgwP-s0hyphenhyphenVtGZ4FLoF37VsECNIYHwi3uqwnXuc6woPUkFptb0G5JKfc6qsa5xFXpvesrJ3CIAyzYEDopt-dGacYOQXBlvcPZ8GaZL5JZsQ/s400/DSCN0772.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Needless to say I could not capture the beautiful mist at sunrise here. It was a quiet serenity that we have come to appreciate more every day. Nature always could paint pictures like no one else.</div>James Taylor--Rennie Criswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04625309231208848528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-296142671841288452.post-35423008087119986362007-10-10T16:32:00.000-06:002007-10-10T16:39:08.715-06:00Homes on the Tennessee River<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixTCprEh9bUws4l9qOdgmQMkYQ7wsSfq5jKjKdBJlKV9uyAqL4w8vXtGVAtjkTybT0XAqXVFJYk3Llpa4Hq4l4mJ2W1r2ObIeCvlL8AqFJHbLgZJ1wSFrIhqHy95W72fab6iqr1j8w_oU/s1600-h/DSCN0771.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119840246068920034" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixTCprEh9bUws4l9qOdgmQMkYQ7wsSfq5jKjKdBJlKV9uyAqL4w8vXtGVAtjkTybT0XAqXVFJYk3Llpa4Hq4l4mJ2W1r2ObIeCvlL8AqFJHbLgZJ1wSFrIhqHy95W72fab6iqr1j8w_oU/s400/DSCN0771.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>This was just one of many beautiful homes that overlook the river. Many</div><div>limestone bluffs line the rivers. </div>James Taylor--Rennie Criswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04625309231208848528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-296142671841288452.post-73554233633278111412007-10-10T16:07:00.000-06:002007-10-10T16:31:32.225-06:00Mermaid On The River<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtuhoU5KZoIVk98yfXt4oMm5uhduAKss-58PZ4H-Uobp6AmBj9TVmvXMqTaE2Z-0jPukJLSOl4Is0CcXIKF8xUCTBNBkXKsydzBJNR14OG33c4ogltPs0TzE2q3efltA6fT_ws_zt2H2w/s1600-h/DSCN0769.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119838639751151314" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtuhoU5KZoIVk98yfXt4oMm5uhduAKss-58PZ4H-Uobp6AmBj9TVmvXMqTaE2Z-0jPukJLSOl4Is0CcXIKF8xUCTBNBkXKsydzBJNR14OG33c4ogltPs0TzE2q3efltA6fT_ws_zt2H2w/s400/DSCN0769.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>This was an interesting sign announcing a Marina along the way. <br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheHbUSd3mcnUJGjJIS2YSODph23DBnwtBN_kX8uWPx3Q2yLYKaSfNjNy9uXeMKh9Z556dUkNdxc3P-OlKcyWJKKDqGrTQ7a61kt3NWUDbuAOhPaocjYludumzIKJtDVWr9N48eNReXZ5k/s1600-h/DSCN0770.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119836999073644226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheHbUSd3mcnUJGjJIS2YSODph23DBnwtBN_kX8uWPx3Q2yLYKaSfNjNy9uXeMKh9Z556dUkNdxc3P-OlKcyWJKKDqGrTQ7a61kt3NWUDbuAOhPaocjYludumzIKJtDVWr9N48eNReXZ5k/s400/DSCN0770.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div></div>James Taylor--Rennie Criswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04625309231208848528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-296142671841288452.post-22235283980544943442007-10-10T15:54:00.000-06:002007-10-10T16:06:12.005-06:00Made In The USA...........<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgArsEOQzlwYQM5aLqaz36WJdcPAZIcIisiEmdOwEUQQCO93uAm454MlVynFtqD7MBdzg01LJRCqD8zTMbmbAUIWuDQ3CtykwEYVXaLGZFOkFeGPa74Q2DBrokLczevcgCdl3Z8DVgr4U/s1600-h/DSCN0765.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119830904515051186" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgArsEOQzlwYQM5aLqaz36WJdcPAZIcIisiEmdOwEUQQCO93uAm454MlVynFtqD7MBdzg01LJRCqD8zTMbmbAUIWuDQ3CtykwEYVXaLGZFOkFeGPa74Q2DBrokLczevcgCdl3Z8DVgr4U/s400/DSCN0765.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>This is an abondoned building used for shipping grain on the Tennessee before Kentucky Dam was built. The story goes that the building was built sooooo well that attempts to destroy it failed. Officials decided to just leave it. Quality American Built I'd Say!!!!!</div>James Taylor--Rennie Criswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04625309231208848528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-296142671841288452.post-36484368947003954322007-10-10T15:02:00.001-06:002007-10-10T15:15:05.627-06:00Don't You Know A Duck Blind When You See One??<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjuR8Ma_BaLfWYJ-saBF12Kf3p4r60l_AorvcAFVLXjTHTgW-I0GHSbm7tsvtFBpn7ibSf31bmi1QpP9NAGmCYAr78Jxo4oS7k-abE6znrAxpXib-kGYcqqQW1hUTbKF2djnglnkIqPK0/s1600-h/DSCN0764.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119817757620158098" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjuR8Ma_BaLfWYJ-saBF12Kf3p4r60l_AorvcAFVLXjTHTgW-I0GHSbm7tsvtFBpn7ibSf31bmi1QpP9NAGmCYAr78Jxo4oS7k-abE6znrAxpXib-kGYcqqQW1hUTbKF2djnglnkIqPK0/s320/DSCN0764.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I couldn't image what this was....kind of looked like a "war tank" that was <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">camouflaged but I learned it was a "duck blind". There was a boat underneath all those bushes. Had to love it!!!!</span></div>James Taylor--Rennie Criswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04625309231208848528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-296142671841288452.post-55266734502752612062007-10-10T14:39:00.000-06:002007-10-10T15:01:15.173-06:00A Mill Pond<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiohOCJShVhM6uaryXfPqCJ2Vr8NjXqlcn7JC2CYhvrTSYqkPRfyOqLJRJZ3g7l0IkPBMVP1wBBKuvyLjTbpZO3RSoIg5egjHJ-VkW0Xnd5Fp5hWRNOVMVLAZUyYi374NmMrVNjOGnoPLk/s1600-h/DSCN0757.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119811027406405250" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiohOCJShVhM6uaryXfPqCJ2Vr8NjXqlcn7JC2CYhvrTSYqkPRfyOqLJRJZ3g7l0IkPBMVP1wBBKuvyLjTbpZO3RSoIg5egjHJ-VkW0Xnd5Fp5hWRNOVMVLAZUyYi374NmMrVNjOGnoPLk/s320/DSCN0757.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>On our return from Nashville, after spending the night in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Clarksville</span> Tenn. (I have a nephew who lives there) and staying at Barkley State Park, we came across <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Barkley</span> Lake this morning and it was as smooth as a mill pond. We then crossed over to the Kentucky and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Tennessee</span> rivers by way of the Land Between The Lakes. We spent one night at Kentucky Dam Marina. Then it was down the Kentucky river. For many years this river was known for <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">mussel</span> harvesting. In the early 1900, the mussels were harvested and sent to Japan. There, the mussels were used for seeding oysters for pearl production. Once on the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Tennessee</span>, we were treated to five miles of one of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Tennessee's</span> wildlife refuge....52,000 acres of water, woodland and farmland. It is home to 200,000 ducks and 25,000 Canada geese....and 7 bald eagles.</div>James Taylor--Rennie Criswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04625309231208848528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-296142671841288452.post-34918372217977530552007-10-10T14:19:00.000-06:002007-10-10T14:38:55.226-06:00Friends And More Friends.....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuNsnoOwku3Ndx4Z1xCofxF0ku3rFh_1swIwCDx-kESuhona4oHAs6JZcn3ItPNgqHBCAeZZZF1-QihZt-g7Eja5wGSRDB609B-0hF8JVks8iyxwF5q0JTzX3y692sL-jzx7L2VhS9gAA/s1600-h/DSCN0717.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119807295079825010" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuNsnoOwku3Ndx4Z1xCofxF0ku3rFh_1swIwCDx-kESuhona4oHAs6JZcn3ItPNgqHBCAeZZZF1-QihZt-g7Eja5wGSRDB609B-0hF8JVks8iyxwF5q0JTzX3y692sL-jzx7L2VhS9gAA/s320/DSCN0717.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibtw5r7Ffz17pzZmnQrnVpSzRHt3Il9Q8ypjQai_cAzIuak-_KJXjhTno2G_zpNDcCAd8LGGZ3utDhWWs_WR5EhFXbRZRov6SPjsNJF1myuhtMLVywJLuF4tz6luAn7LukMdHoP4PHMn8/s1600-h/DSCN0714.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119806844108258914" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibtw5r7Ffz17pzZmnQrnVpSzRHt3Il9Q8ypjQai_cAzIuak-_KJXjhTno2G_zpNDcCAd8LGGZ3utDhWWs_WR5EhFXbRZRov6SPjsNJF1myuhtMLVywJLuF4tz6luAn7LukMdHoP4PHMn8/s320/DSCN0714.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Both James and I have been to Nashville on several occasions and I never get tired of visiting the sights there....but this visit was about friendships of many years...so I dragged poor James around to visit with Jim, Betti, Bobbi and family. I tried to make a quick stop at the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Parthenon</span>....I've seen it several times from the outside but it was always under construction so I've never been inside. I've still never been inside.....it's closed on Mondays. Oh well....back to Nashville again in the near future.</div><div></div><div></div></div>James Taylor--Rennie Criswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04625309231208848528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-296142671841288452.post-4839792121518340382007-10-10T13:29:00.000-06:002007-10-10T14:18:56.693-06:00Batman In Nashville???????<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ovO4_xgp-XyplevLATnCShIxZ9KT_lfeVRz2XvxqXSIG6EQh0U_roAzscEddfo2FL18nG0zJHdVU-T4dkYdM5bamC9EJrJIR-vkmWil7x2zAmWTsGKSmPycLwOdZsWkukopyayLqqUI/s1600-h/DSCN0718.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119794057990618674" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ovO4_xgp-XyplevLATnCShIxZ9KT_lfeVRz2XvxqXSIG6EQh0U_roAzscEddfo2FL18nG0zJHdVU-T4dkYdM5bamC9EJrJIR-vkmWil7x2zAmWTsGKSmPycLwOdZsWkukopyayLqqUI/s320/DSCN0718.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>In this picture you can see the tall telephone company building on the left....the locals call it the "Batman Building"....it really does have that Batman feel!!!!!!!!!!! </div>James Taylor--Rennie Criswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04625309231208848528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-296142671841288452.post-2941516940828233362007-10-10T13:09:00.000-06:002007-10-10T13:27:59.590-06:00Fog On The Beautiful Cumberland River<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUBmHEdlejU3F6fg74cpH-U5f1K2GKNAeSzwHeJAykmUQrn7bbvmVEimOjf8NLu277ezQc8lS28qC6HXQr1hOs1kkut7gxkd6OsbSVMwP0xLa4L7n43SMXkSO8g1xNAHeKU-UxIqxYxAg/s1600-h/DSCN0711.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119788839605354018" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUBmHEdlejU3F6fg74cpH-U5f1K2GKNAeSzwHeJAykmUQrn7bbvmVEimOjf8NLu277ezQc8lS28qC6HXQr1hOs1kkut7gxkd6OsbSVMwP0xLa4L7n43SMXkSO8g1xNAHeKU-UxIqxYxAg/s320/DSCN0711.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>The Cumberland River was so lush, with large peaks and gently rollings hills. The river also takes in Barkley Lake in Southeastern Kentucky and north central Tennessee. Barkley Lake has 1400 miles of shoreline. On the western shore is the Land Between The Lakes. Cumberland river takes you to downtown Nashville Tenn. What a beautiful city..............very clean and so much to do. I've been to Nashville on <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">several</span> occasions but seeing it by river was very special. </div>James Taylor--Rennie Criswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04625309231208848528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-296142671841288452.post-37797766531164942802007-10-10T12:24:00.000-06:002007-10-10T13:08:15.300-06:00Green Turtle Marina.....busy...busy<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi35rO7vuapKRLSKO57zOkB2R5iClIidGdGBY6plkA5p4b_PYpAwNtjsmMuepcnuI5WyyiyjIN6v5dwqe1QaazTvnarvLTYcZzmbuNBgLO91iRhhkTd3NnQgGxufrC1C8kbQdHse-d9sXc/s1600-h/DSCN0709.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119777221718818322" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi35rO7vuapKRLSKO57zOkB2R5iClIidGdGBY6plkA5p4b_PYpAwNtjsmMuepcnuI5WyyiyjIN6v5dwqe1QaazTvnarvLTYcZzmbuNBgLO91iRhhkTd3NnQgGxufrC1C8kbQdHse-d9sXc/s320/DSCN0709.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIsmXYBsjyTBD3KKCXf2KGm5AEaoW4KvWo5w1pk4Do660BxzObAbg3RXAXTg2hiSNYDtSEInds0R_h7MVYiTcsLlp1kikMr4rHiDzBu-GaMZ0aSY2PfREevAHtnbE2AN-o8Gn3ulDSsC8/s1600-h/DSCN0708.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119776457214639618" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIsmXYBsjyTBD3KKCXf2KGm5AEaoW4KvWo5w1pk4Do660BxzObAbg3RXAXTg2hiSNYDtSEInds0R_h7MVYiTcsLlp1kikMr4rHiDzBu-GaMZ0aSY2PfREevAHtnbE2AN-o8Gn3ulDSsC8/s320/DSCN0708.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>This is Green Turtle Bay Marina in Kentucky, on the Cumberland River. All the boats on the loop seem to head for this Marina to rest ...leave their boats and fly or drive home for awhile....or leave them for the winter and continue the loop in the Spring. It's a place to meet up with old friends from along the way and catch up on how their trips are going. It is also close to "Patti's Restaurant and 1880 Settlement". The entire small town with nice shops and the restaurant are famous.....excellent food (2 inch pork chops are their speciality) and unbelievable pies... We shared a meal and still brought home leftovers...that did NOT go to waste. Hey, this place won Southern Living Magazine's Reader's Choice Award for Best Small Town Restaurant in Southeast US. I thought it might be "too Cutzie" to have good food....but the food was fresh and very tasty. A must stop along the way..... </div><div></div><div>From here we took a detour and headed to Nashville Tennessee. </div></div>James Taylor--Rennie Criswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04625309231208848528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-296142671841288452.post-49771958853934452382007-10-10T11:31:00.000-06:002007-10-10T11:47:20.493-06:00Hats Off to the Single-handed<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-gy6IwWOIEF17ypN5TA0awTFtXpOXDnM7GCn2St4RTP3Up7M3vWc-Kg6G43d_jHYRYvXyvXW7gI7rwS6zcMe3haUOvc3Ph83XVzonVNXYx1iIWZKZReVx4bCFT-Y12hXdV112qZwG-r8/s1600-h/DSCN0706.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119763812830920146" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-gy6IwWOIEF17ypN5TA0awTFtXpOXDnM7GCn2St4RTP3Up7M3vWc-Kg6G43d_jHYRYvXyvXW7gI7rwS6zcMe3haUOvc3Ph83XVzonVNXYx1iIWZKZReVx4bCFT-Y12hXdV112qZwG-r8/s400/DSCN0706.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>This is Graham <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Shedo</span>, on the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">SeaShell</span>, giving us a hand getting off. One of many single-handed men....and women, who have tackled this Great Circle Loop on their own. James was single-handed the first time around so he can appreciate the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">knowledge</span> and plain "guts" these people have to complete this adventure solo. And they all seem to love every minute of it. Other boaters also enjoy watching out for them but trust me, they assist you as much....always there to lend a helping-hand. </div>James Taylor--Rennie Criswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04625309231208848528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-296142671841288452.post-87450225609991203392007-10-02T20:40:00.000-06:002007-10-02T20:45:33.426-06:00The Famous Arch...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRpGXNjhQ2lw-6-Iv87f583rXMJx7pNpEO3EaAa-5ivOWg5pzATGhWjUa3mJx3_5_e5l3EvcqcB84RCXVWWXIcY2GE_dXKdx4lhzSAG8E-0LEThFnZlkg_pTjnMtupWIfETVgCQZupP2E/s1600-h/DSCN0701.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116935216089251250" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRpGXNjhQ2lw-6-Iv87f583rXMJx7pNpEO3EaAa-5ivOWg5pzATGhWjUa3mJx3_5_e5l3EvcqcB84RCXVWWXIcY2GE_dXKdx4lhzSAG8E-0LEThFnZlkg_pTjnMtupWIfETVgCQZupP2E/s400/DSCN0701.JPG" border="0" /></a> Unfortunately we didn't get to stop in St. Louis but I was happy to finally get a glimpse of the "Arch". Maybe someday I'll get to visit awhile...................<br /><div></div>James Taylor--Rennie Criswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04625309231208848528noreply@blogger.com0