Bubba has been officially promoted to SSG

so proud of this soldier and all of the troops!! They deserve every honor they can get!!

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Hamrick's Pierre aka Petie

Getting lots of rest up here on Jonathan's Creek at Pride RV Resort,

a drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway

Begun during the administration of U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt, the project was originally called the Appalachian Scenic Highway. Most construction was carried out by private contractors under federal contracts under an authorization by Harold L. Ickes in his role as federal public works administrator. Work began on September 11, 1935, near Cumberland Knob in North Carolina; construction in Virginia began the following February. On June 30, 1936, Congress formally authorized the project as the Blue Ridge Parkway and placed it under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service. Some work was carried out by various New Deal public works agencies. The Works Progress Administration did some roadway construction. Crews from the Emergency Relief Administration carried out landscape work and development of parkway recreation areas. Personnel from four Civilian Conservation Corps camps worked on roadside cleanup, roadside plantings, grading slopes, and improving adjacent fields and forest lands. During World War II, the CCC crews were replaced by conscientious objectors in the Civilian Public Service program.

The Blue Ridge Parkway is a National parkway an all American Road in the United States noted for its scenic beauty. It runs for 469 miles through 29 Virginia and North Carolina counties, mostly along the Blue Ridge, a major mountain chain that is part of the Appalachian Mountains. Its southern terminus is on the boundary between the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Cherokee Indian Reservation in North Carolina. The Blue Ridge Parkway was built to connect Shenandoah National Park to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

We visited four overlooks between Maggie Valley and Waynesville/Sylva. These were:

Thunder Struck Ridge    elevation 4780 feet
Woolyback Overlook     elevation 5425 feet
Yellow Face                    elevation 6032 feet
Wesner Bald                    elevation 5560 feet

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Fall/Autumn on Jonathan's Creek at Pride RV Resort

A few photo ops around the campground:

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our Bounder on the creek in the fall

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Our Granddaughters....Riley and Piper

Bubba and Kelly have one daughter that loves to have no clothes on...her diaper is a necessity!!
Piper seems to say that the NY temperature is so cool that she is happier when bundled up and very warm!!

the beautiful Riley

the beautiful Piper

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WCU vs Wofford

This was a heart breaker loss to Wofford...It was nail biting to the end...WCU 17   Wofford 21.
We had a great time with WCU friends. We saw the Mayse boys. We talked with Paul and Nora Jones. We enjoyed seeing the fall leaf colors along the way.



A great day in the mountains of Cullowhee.


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