Did you know "Tana-see," the Yuchi Indian word meaning “The Meeting Place,” is where Tennessee actually got its name from? Nope? neither did I..... so now that I got my one and only history lesson for you out of the way lets get down to the good stuff
As I mentioned in yesterdays post, our first stop on this crazy road trip was at our friend Billy's parents house in Tennessee. We spent a total of 3 days here and it was so nice just to be outside enjoying the hot fresh air. With plenty of land to explore and three 4-wheelers and a side-by-side, I think it would only appropriate to say we covered every inch of their property.
And for you entertainment I also took a little video tour via the 4wheeler. (dont forget to pause the music on the bottom of the page before pressing play on the video)
Did you watch it? Well then you may have heard that I was afraid of cows. Not like the "hey look theres a cow over there" but more like "holy cow?!?! how close do they get to us? Can you make them stop?" Im not kidding people. These cows were not shy whatsoever. I guess they think that you have something and let me just show you how it went down. It started off like this:
you see, they were all nice up there on that little hill. minding their own biznez. Then I turn to look the other way for like 2 secs and when I turn back around it was like bam..
yes, that is the handlebars of our 4wheeler you see in the bottom left corner. Now, i dont know about you, but i feel as though these cows were invading my space. And it sure didnt help that the boys were trying to feed them, and get there attention by trying to kiss them.... yes you heard me right
If you look extremely close on the pic with the close up of the 4wheeler you can see that the cow actually left drool all over the handlebars. I seemed to think it was pretty hilarious when one of the boys went to start it up, and OOOPPPS, i might have forgotten to tell them it was on there......
Okay, enough with the 4wheeler and cow pics. We did do some other things while there. Like shooting guns (i even got to shoot, but of course since im the "photographer" i didnt get any pics of me doing this. insert sad face)
But let me tell you, that old Ford tailgate, it didnt stand a chance against the 4 of us ;) Man im really starting to sound like a redneck. I hope I dont scare any of you off. Please I promise to add some pics that you will like.
How bout this one?
Me and the hubs on 4th of July. Kinda looks like we're on a golf course. Let me correct you. We're NOT. Its a farm.
Oh, wait. I got another! How about this beautiful sunset looking over the mountains? (FYI- SOOC)
Since we spent our Independence Day in Tana-See, it was only appropriate to go stock up on fireworks and set them off in the fields. While we were buying the mortars at a tent down the street, I just happen to stumble across a very cute rottweiler puppy in a box. I wanted to still it, but the owner quickly came and claimed it before i could. Plus i dont think I need anymore animals in my house
Basically, out time in Tana-See was great. Here are some random pictures of our time there.
Some things you may see: pickles (lots of them, they had a fresh garden with lots of veggies and made lots of pickles), firewood stocked up for the winter, old haunted house on one of their properties, rainstorm (so bad it struck 2 trees with lightening and tore off the roof of one of the equipment sheds), more puppies! (i almost took one of these home too, but again too many animals already), slingshot-ing smoke bombs, boys passed out from long days, pigs (oink oink), horse (if you see the top right pic, that was his parents, she has a broken arm from falling off the house in the other pic about 2 months ago), some fishing, and of course me and the hubs.
OK, I think Im done with Tennessee pics. Only about a thousand more to go through, and 2 more places (Wedding and Camping) to post about.
p.s. we starting tearing down the shelves and wall today for the kitchen remodel. Can you say EXCITED!!!!!! look forward to future post....
Let me just start off with the fact that YES.I.AM.CRAZY. crazy for thinking it would be a great idea to go on a roadtrip with 3 guys (hubs. his best friend Billy. and another friend who we call Lohse.) Dont get me wrong, we had alot of fun. But I think I am in major need of a Girls Night - AKA NO BOYS!!!! and Im completely ok if its just a sleepover with some skinny girl (note to those who havent tried it - they get better after the second glass) So any takers? pretty please? im now begging you....
Moving on.
So I mentioned here that my family has this crazy paranoia about flying. Im used to doing the whole road trip thing, and driving for days at a time to get places, but somehow I also ended up with the whole motion sickness gene which unfortunately I cant always control (thank you lord for the inventor of Dramamine!) Surprisingly we were all up and ready to leave the house at 5am on Sat July 2nd. Well as "up" as can possibly be at that time. One of us, who shall remain nameless at this moment in time, decided to stay up the entire night opposed to sleeping since we had to wake up so early. Said person also had his phone getting blown up at 4:45am when he was nowhere to be found. Turns out he hadnt gotten home from the bar yet.
We took my car, since its the biggest, and hubs and Billy rotated on driving. Yeah, ironically, even though my family is afraid of flying, Im personally afraid of driving. Not like around town driving. But highway driving. Add in the thought of it being dark outside, being in a place i dont know, rain, and the occasional semi-truck next to me and I start to freak out. (yep I was definitely already getting made fun of within the 1st hour of the trip because i had my pillow covering my face as we drove through a thunderstorm around West Palm Beach, FL)
The plan was to make it to Billys parents house in Tennessee before dinner time. So 10.5 hours later we pulled into their driveway welcomed by their 6 dogs (Dot, Taz, Stubby, Harley, Spook, and Raven)
Altogether their family owns approximately 900 acres of property between Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina. They actually live basically right on the borderline of Georgia and Tennessee. There is a place in town that you can actually have 1 foot in each state. Of course I didnt get to do this and if your wondering why please refer back to the first paragraph where I explain that I was with 3 boys. Instead all I got was this lousy pic out the truck window while driving by getting yelled at by whoever was driving that they couldnt just park in the middle of the street. Obviously. Reason I said to park. So I could get out. stupid boys.
Our time in Tennessee is a whole 'nother post in itself. So Ill leave you with this awesome panaorama I got of their place. And yes, see that mountain? We were on top of that mountain on the four wheelers right as a horrible storm was starting. I shit you not, lighting was like within feet of us when I finally said I had enough!
click to make larger (its soooo beautiful up there)
We drove 12 hours yesterday from south florida to tennessee to spend the 4th of july in the country to celebrate our country. And after a long day filled with four wheeling up a mountain, some target practice with the guns, and a good ole bbq im now sitting on a old porch swing taking in this gorgeous view.
I may have been born and raised in a city, but ill always be a country girl at heart. Cant wait to share more pics with you all when we get back. P.s. Havent stuck to the whole diet thing while up here, but hey ill take good ol southern food any chance I can get
