Two day catch up

OK, we left New Orleans, Sunday (mothers day), after a great breakfast at the bnb. We gave our leftover "Grammy's special potatoes", to the neighbor (who was having an outdoor cajun brunch). He came over later with some grilled crabs (as a thank you), that the girls took back their bnb.

Our trip to Atlanta was fun, but  long. Leaving NOLA at 12:30 in the afternoon is not conducive  to getting early. We dropped Jess at her condo/apartment at 11 something PM...

We drove off with the Vanagon sputtering and trying to stall, and landed at a Microtel motel a few miles away.  Crashed (Karla), I watched Game of Thrones to get my mind off why the Westfalia was acting up.      We slept in......repacked and started the van, voila'...it started and ran fine.....whew........ate breaakfast at a Cracker Barrell, and headed for Dave & Sandy Molin's (in Sylva NC.outside Asheville NC)......Once again the GPS led us astray....stuck in constuction traffic, on I-85, we called Dave to say we would be late ......Dave chided me for going the wrong route...then directed me to Route 441, one exit up.  YeeeeHa!!

Open highway, though the Smokey Mountains....beautiful drive..we were at Daves' in less than two hours.

The road to Molin's is steep and winding, the house nestled in the hillside.

Sandy was tending her garden.......

Dave offered me a beer.........

and we toured the grounds.....

Dave is a blueberry farmer.......

Scout watching the homestead........

Dave grilled his signature London broil...........

 after dinner, we enjoyed the cool evening on the deck..................

Listened to music, told stories.......caught up.......then off to bed................