Asheville is noted for their abundance of Folk Art dealers and we wanted to see some so the next day we traveled to downtown Asheville and walked the streets going into stores we found interesting. We saw some interesting and some beautiful crafts. It is good to find things made in the USA. We don’t see much of that as we shop in Wal-Mart and at the malls which is where we went after leaving downtown. We had lunch there and then did some walking.On our way home we stopped by a huge Farmers Market that was much like a flea market. There were about 4 big building with all kinds of fruits and veggies, jams and jellies, bakery products, nuts, cheese, ice cream and candies. In and around these booths were every kind of craft you can imagine. Another building had landscaping plants and supplies. We did not make it around to everything. We bought a few veggies and some fruit and ate an ice cream cone. This was a full day for us and we were tired when we arrived home about 6 pm.

2007
The first 2 weeks of May we spent at Blueberry Hill Resort in Bushnell, Florida which is about 90 miles from Tampa. We arrived here hoping to see our grandson who was going to be working there but his plans changed after we arrived and had already rented the space for 2 weeks. It is a very nice campground. It appears to be used mostly by “Snowbirds”. So there were lots of empty spaces while we were there. Much of northern Florida is forest which is harvested mostly for pulp. This part of Florida is very dry now and fire is a real danger in fact before we left the area fires from Georgia spread into Florida and burned many acres and closed down highways. On one day the smoke was so bad here it was nearly dark at 7 pm.
We did go to Tampa, drove along the beach areas and walked along one short section of the beach. The beach areas here are lined with condo’s and homes, all with private beaches. We only saw one public beach. We know there were others but we did not see them. We did not find much to do in Tampa in the short time we had there. On Mother’s Day weekend we did finally get to see our grandson and it was a great time. Time was short but it was good to spend time with him and see him doing good, maturing and enjoying his work.
After leaving Bushnell we drove to Gold Camp State Park about 25 miles south of Orange Park, Florida. Gene’s brother and wife live there and always show us a good time. While there we drove to the beach, then took a ferry across the St. John River and ate a good seafood dinner at the Sand Dollar Seafood Restaurant. Ron and Liv are excellent cooks and prepared an excellent dinner another night. We had a great time visiting with them. The time was short but we had to get out of Florida as the temperatures are getting way too hot and the humidity is high for us. Our destination now is to Morristown, TN to visit our daughter. We stayed one night, along the way, at a Walmart in Forsythe, GA and then made our way on to Cherokee RV Park for a 2 week stay. This RV Park is in a County Park along Cherokee Lake, a nice and busy place. We were there over Memorial Day and the campground was full. It is built on a hill so on our walks we got good exercise. We spent quite a bit of time with our daughter and son-in-law. They have a nice home just a few miles from where we were camped. Jackie shared some of her knowledge, skills and talent in jewelry construction. I, Sue, am again fired up to maybe make some, hopefully, beautiful pieces. We have a store on the internet, http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5095676. Please, go there and see what we have made. I am very proud of Jackie’s accomplishments as she is really good at what she does. We have been to Morristown so many times that we have seen most of the sites and traveled the scenic routes but we did find time to eat out and shop at the mall. Jackie fixed a nice dinner with one of our favorite meat dishes for Sue’s birthday…and had an ice cream cake. Mmmm good.