Much more reasonable 82º with a "feel like" of 87º here in Pigeon Forge, TN at 11 am on Sunday....................And, it really was, then. Now, at 5:14 pm it is 85º with a "feel like: of 93º. Was interrupted by going to going to the laundromat and then John & Mary Anne Cabage called and wanted to take us out to lunch at 2 pm so hustled over there. At that time it was raining and now with sun out direct it is sticky as the dickens!
Yesterday was a very long day - up at 7:45 am -- early for us, and remember we have only been in eastern time zone 2 days so we were still at 6:45 am -- and were on the road a little after 8:30 am. Headed for the Cabbage Family Cemetery near Washburn, TN. Phyllis folks and other relatives came to this area in the 1970's or early 1980's for a Cabbage Family Reunion and Phyllis wanted to see the cemetery and, if possible contact John Cabage who attended that reunion and one at Pauline & Melvin's place in Clarinda in 1985.
Drove 60-some miles, the last 15 or so on little more than one-lane roads. Met some people, but was able to get a spot just barely wide enough for us to pass.
Spent time looking at many markers---some back in the 1800's hard to read.
At left is marker for relative Phyllis wanted to see, but had left phone number, etc.at home.
We drove through the very winding, hilly narrow roads to Washburn and found a lady who called him and he invited us back out--he lived about a mile behind the cemetery at end of a dead-end road.
(It is now 7:05 pm EDT Monday - 69º and raining hard as we are in our trailer in Bear Creek RV)
Anyway, we drove the winding, hilly, narrow 10 mile road back to the Cemetery and beyond to meet John & Mary Anne Cabage.
We spent two or three hours at their place, which could almost be described as a museum. Phyllis & Mary went over the relation and decided the are cousins 5th down the line. Some of the Cabbages had spelled their name with only one b and John's bunch was one of them, though they don't know why the extra b was dropped.
I have a couple dozen photos of things belonged to ancestors that they have at their place.
We left there a little before 3 pm and drove some 60 miles to Greeneville, TN where we dined inside at a Chick-fill-A and then went to the location of the Jimmy Fortune concert we had bought tickets for. The auditorium would hold 1,100 people, but with the Covid spacing they only sold 300 tickets and there were a lot of empty seats. Seemed kind of odd when we were asked to wear masks and we were in the second balcony and lot of seats unused in the area right in front of the stage. At any rate, it was a traffic show--you know Jimmy spent some 21 years as high-tenor with the Statler Brothers. He is on his own now and also is with a group "Brotherly Love" which we have followed on Youtube and television (they were on Larry's Country Diner not long ago).
Concert was over about 9:30 pm and, of course it was dark. I try not to drive in the dark........and we drove in real hard rain about half of the way back to our trailer in Pigeon Forge, TN. But, we made it a little after 11 pm.
Sunday, though I wanted to go back to Greeneville to see the library and museum for President Andrew Johnson--which I had thought we would do Saturday when we were diverted to the Cabage's-- we decided to do laundry, then Mary Anne Cabage called and said they were going to be in Pigeon Forge and wanted to take us out to lunch about 2:00 pm. We took our laundry to a commercial place in town which had more machines than at the RV Park and wouldn't take as long.
John V & Mary Anne Cabage, at lunch with us at the Olde Mill Restaurant in Pigeon Forge.
Afterward, we walked around the Olde Mill area and back to the trailer where I worked some more on this blog, but was tired and went to bed. This morning we got up fairly early again and hooked up to the trailer and drove to the campground where we are now at Asheville, NC not too far from the Biltmore Estate. We went to the Biltmore after lunch and spent an enjoyable 2 hours on a rooftop tour where the guide showed us much of how the place was built. Have a lot of photos, but will have to work on them another time. Beat---this vacationing is hard work!
Later, Lynn
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