road trip summary

within 2782.2 miles [4477.5 km] between august 6 and august 16, 2008 we crossed 7 states [louisiana, mississippi, tennessee, north carolina, georgia, florida, alabama] and visited several places:


new orleans [la] - jackson [ms] - memphis [tn] - nashville [tn] - crossville [tn] - pigeon forge [tn] - smoky mountains [tn, nc] - cherokee [nc] - atlanta [ga] - savannah [ga] - lake city [fl] - homosassa springs [fl] - crystal river [fl] - tallahassee [fl] - alligator point [fl] - st. george island [fl] - port st. joe's [fl] - mexico beach [fl] - panama city beach [fl] - okaloosa island [fl] - dauphin island [al] - new orleans [la]


Größere Kartenansicht


besides line dancing, climbing on waterfalls, playing in olympic fountains, snorkelling in the wild, diving for keys and lingering along lonely beaches i got to see somewhat exotic animals:


owls, bats, manatees, black bears, hermit crabs, butterflies, wild pigs, baby clams [and a humming bird right after our returning].

we had fun!

2008/08/08 entering the smokies

on our way to the smoky mountains we past by crossville to visit the cumberland plateau. to our wonderment we saw masses of people selling their stuff along the street..

..which was not due to bad economy but part of the world's longest yardsale from alabama to ohio [654 miles].

the park itself was wonderful, too.

as our time was limited we 'hiked' along the river through the woods of the smoky mountains' foothills. beautiful!