Staying At Tommy & Sharon's

Tommy & Sharon were our hosts during our stay in Hohenwald, Tennessee and for this, we thank them very much.

I call this picture, "Room With A View". This is what greets you outside as you awaken every morning. Nice rolling hills with a countryside view. Birds singing their songs, the occasional knickering of horses or lowing of cows... It's really peaceful here. It was strange to be at a place where a car driving by on the road is considered to be an oddity and worthy of everybody's attention.

On our drive up to Tennessee, we had a front-row seat to a 'Car-B-Cue'. Seems like this high-cube truck caught fire for some reason, and was burning energetically. Thankfully, nobody was hurt.

All Katrina could talk about on our drive up to Tommy & sharon's place was being able to ride the ATV's. She literally spent several hours riding on the racetrack Tommy made on one side of the house for the ATVs (and perhaps a mini-sprint car?).

Of course, I had to give it a whirl myself...

Yeah, it's really nice to experience the slower side of life. Just rest your arms on the fence and simply 'hang out' for a spell.

If 4-wheeling isn't what cranks you up, you could always go down to the fishing hole on the property and try your hand at catching a pan fish or two. The kids had some success in their endeavors. Colten was extremely helpful, getting the girls' poles set up and unhooking any fish they might catch.

Even little Janey had her line in the water. I like how her rod and reel are color-coordinated with 'today's ensemble'. I tell you she is as cute as a button, and a double handful when she wants to be.

A little patience is rewarded with a catch for the day. This little guy was hooked in a strange way near his eye, so I helped get him off the hook (after taking this picture) without hurting him (much).

We even had dinner at Bob & Dena's house. Bob is Tommy's brother. This is a picture of Janey really enjoying a piece of celery with ranch dressing on it during dinner. Hey! What about that hotdog, kid? A little kid that likes celery more than a hotdog, how weird...

This is Bob's mini-sprint car. It's all loaded up and ready to head over to the local race track. Yep, Hohenwald is just big enough to have it's own dirt race track. I am finding that I really like this town!

On the last evening of our stay, all Katrina wanted to do was lay down in bed and play video games because she was wiped out.

As for Karen and Luann, they decided to spend their evening, sitting out on the front porch under some blankets (it was getting cold), listening to the nothing-ness of the surrounding tranquility. They could even hear the race cars running on the track nearby. You know I just had to break up their moment of solitude with a 'FLASH!' from my camera.

We really had a great time during our visit here and it was so relaxing to sit still for a while (between forays of hunting for a piece of land of our own).