Our Adventures: Where has time gone?

It has been a long time since I last shared our travels with you. We have yet to find anything that compares to Alaska but comparing, after all is not what it's all about. It is more about enjoying the NOW. And that is what we have been doing. I can't begin to tell you everywhere we have been and everything we have done since Sept. so I will hit the highlights!
Since we left Alaska we have hit, British Columbia, Alberta, Montana, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida, which is where we have been since the 1st of Dec. Well, our motorhome has been anyway.
We spent almost a month in Columbus Ohio in Oct. enjoying every minute of being with our Ohio family. We especially enjoyed our time with our daughter, Skye, her husband, Jason and our 2 beautiful grandkids, Colin (4) and Rylee (2). I do miss so much being closer to them ALL the time but it sure makes the time we are with them special, but the leaving so hard!!! Thank goodness for cell phones. We just signed up for Skype and we have a new laptop with a built in webcam so our next step is to get them set up with a webcam so we can video chat.
While in So Dakota our highlight was attending the lighting ceremony of Mt. Rushmore. What a moving experience it was to listen to our national anthem while watching the faces of the 4 presidents become illuminated with a very soft light. ~sigh~ Deadwood was another highlight. I had never even heard of it until I watch the HBO show of the same name. That was a fun day. We drove along a river, through a forest of trees covered with fall colors. It was an absolutely spectacular day.
Actually in all the states we traveled through up until our time in Tennessee we were surrounded by fall colors. It was beautiful!
Once we left South Dakota we just traveled "through" the other states until we got to Tennessee where we attended a rally in Sevierville. What a neat place. We took a day trip to the Great Smokey Mountains and even though it was raining it was still very pretty to see the fall colors. We even were treated to snow flurries.
In Georgia we stayed in several places including Stephen Foster State Park. There we took out our paddle ski (inflatable kayak) and paddled through the swamp. We watched the 'gators slither along. It was interesting to see the 'gators sink under the water without making even a ripple on the surface. We had pulled to the side of the swamp and were sitting on our kayak having lunch, when a raccoon wandered by foraging for its lunch. It was a pretty small raccoon and it didn't pay any attention to us at all. It walked within 10 feet from the side of our kayak. That was very cool!
After Georgia we went into Florida and that is where we have been since mid-November. I will write again and share our travels through Florida. We have done and seen quite a bit since November as you can imagine. So Enjoy the pictures of our time up until this point. I promise it won't be as long for my next entry......... Until next time........

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Fall Colors Ohio Style~~~~~~~~~~~~~