The Tucker girls are back, and (over)planning more vacations! We decided to create a travel blog to keep all our future trips in one place. Sit back and enjoy our blog! Prepare to marvel at our resourcefulness! Be astounded by our ability to over-complicate the simplest task! Chortle madly at our wit! We hope you have half as good a time reading us as we do preparing for and undertaking these vacations!
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Pics from Friday, 7/1
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Church bus
made me think of Teresa's drive up.
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It shouldn't be this hard
of Waynesville. Why? We couldn't find the recycling center. We're
conscientious folk, well-versed in recycling. We had more recycling
than garbage, even; tho that's where things went down the tube. If we
had more recycling than would fit in the can provided, we were
responsible for taking it to a center. How hard is that, really?
Well, never underestimate our ability to overcomplicate the simplest
situation. We read that it was near K-Mart. Good, we pass that all the
time! We drove past K-Mart & didn't see it. We stopped at Ingles for
ice & juice boxes, & asked them where it is. "By the K-Mart, you can't
miss it."
We try again, and despite multiple assurances of how easy it is to
find, we miss it. I google map recycle centers, & only get the big
places - not drop offs. I finally call the visitor's center - they
answer questions dumber than this all the time.
In the meantime, the children have once again lost their minds. Bubba
was hollering, and the other 3 in the very back seat were whining and
bitching. Adults were speaking loudly to the children. It was
stressful.
The gentleman that was helping me was very nice, and never once asked
who was being tortured in the background. He gave me directions...of a
sort. You pass the K-Mart, by the way. Like, over a mile past K-Mart.
I relayed the directions to Val-she's driving right now-and I asked
the appropriate questions. Did I mention it was stressful? We were
sitting in the parking lot of a Verizon store by this tine, a huge bag
if recycling plopped in the middle of the van, all desperate to go
home.
He said to "turn left at the 3rd light that's 19." then he put me on
hold for a moment while he asked someone for the street name. The
absurdity of the whole situation crashes down on me at thy precise
moment. The light that's 19? What the ever-loving hell is that
supposed to mean?
I started laughing; silently but VERY hard. It was like laughing in
church - it's funnier sometimes because you're not supposed to do it.
What if the very helpful man comes back on while I'm silently
guffawing?!
Val looked over, & I had one hand clamped over my mouth, the other
holding my phone to my ear, and tears streaming down my face. Then I
snorted; and baby, at that point? All bets are off. Full-fledged
hysterical laughter. Eyes tearing, nose running...the works.
The very nice man came back & once again didn't ask any questions. I
tried not to sound hysterical & thanked him for his help. Turns out he
meant "Turn right at the 3rd light-that is 19 (as in Hwy 19)."
So we found it, waited in a ridiculous line, and finally got rid of
the recycling.
Nearly an hour after we cleared the driveway, we are on our way home.
My tummy hurts from laughing, & my head hurts from the entire process.
I'm gonna nap, maybe.
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A parting shot
boss, & now we're headed out to drop-off our excess recycling & buy
some ice for the cooler before we hop on the interstate.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Clingman's dome
is that it's really smoky up here & we can't see a damn thing!
Monday, July 4, 2011
Words of Wisdumb
Bella says that he should ride with us so she'll have someone to talk
to - someone closer to her age. Mac says, "you can talk to your Mom -
she's like a 9 year-old on the inside."
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Another 1st for Teresa
hers. I said that I break them very thoroughly, and as I was
cautioning her not to be so thorough as to BREAK it, you'll just never
guess what happened. Mmmhmm.
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Flashback to Wednesday: Goats on the Roof!
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Aaand we're out
eat. Immediately. So while we walked out to the vehicles, I ninja'd a
pic of their backsides.
Bubba & Buddha strollin
the NC side of the park & the boys rode in style.
Today...
We had a blast in the park yesterday but couldn't blog on the spot as we only have a cell signal at the bottom or the top of the mountains...there's nada in between. Taking lots of pics, too, but I'm too tired to get my camera bag out and hook it up to the computer this morning. We had a busy day yesterday and I was restless in bed last night. Also, Buddha woke up a few times with a croup-y sounding cough, so I woke up long enough to worry for him a bit each time.
I'm sitting on the screened-in porch outside the dining area typing this. The sun hasn't come up high enough to touch the tops of the trees yet, much less to reach the cabin. I'm showered, dressed, and am most of the way through a dissappointingly small cup of coffee. Someone upstairs has showered, but I don't know who...my money is on Teresa. I'm listening to the morning birds and the morning cows just down the mountain from us. Relaxing, right? Aaaah, vacation!
I'm gonna get a refill in my tiny coffee cup and will start sending pics I took on my phone yesterday to play catch-up. Enjoy your Saturday!
Friday, July 1, 2011
Words of wisdumb, again
do that? How would to like it if I came up to you and....well....did
something...you didn't like?"
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Words of wisdumb!
looking at fireflies & Bubba was only looking at rocks. Val says,
"Bubba, look at the fireflies! They're bugs, but with fire butts!"
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