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MUSHY'S MOOCHINGS
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A sixties kind of guy remembering the past and the lessons learned. I'm passing on what I've mooched from from life in hopes of sparking memories and helping others. It's just my life as best I can make it.
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HUNTING WILDFLOWERS AND EATING AT THE “GOOD OL’ DAYS DINER”
Judy went and worked out at Curves this past Monday morning and then brought us breakfast back from Hardees. I had the coffee made when she arrived and “MAN” was it tasty! We then hopped in the truck, cooler in the back, and headed for the g...
SPRING BEAUTIES EVERYWHERE
Judy and I searched for wildflowers Tuesday as we walked the "Old Mac" trail at Frozen Head State Park. Not only did I find a “spring beauty” standing in the middle of the trail going up, I found another along side the trail on the way back to...
EAST END OF THE NORTH BOUNDARY GREENWAY
Wednesday found Neena, Ron, Judy, and me on the trail again. This time we started at the east end of the North Boundary Greenway, which is on the west end of Oak Ridge, Tennessee. We ended up doing 4.426 clicks…that’s 2.75 miles round trip!The fa...
THE PRESENT, PAST, AND FUTURE
Judy and I had a large day Tuesday, not that most days aren’t like that since retirement, but we were up and off to the dentist by 9:30.We both had appointments; she had an assessment of her braces and found out that they had little effect on her ...
A WONDERFUL DAY-TRIP THAT ALMOST ENDED BADLY
Judy and I were up at 7 and left by 8:15 in order to meet Neena and Ron at the Cracker Barrel in Lenoir City, Tennessee by 9. Friday began our traditional fall road-trips, which usually begin when the weather cools significantly in October....
JEFF AND DENISE HAVING A BALL!
Monday evening we closed Big Ed’s Pizza in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The pizza was exceptionally good and we were all starving…not that we look like it, just that we were feeling it! Jeff and Denise arrived a little later than planned, so sin...
ON THE TRAIL AGAIN
Ron and I hiked the east end of the North Boundary Trail (approx. 3.2 mile round trip), a Greenway in the Oak Ridge, Tennessee area, near where K-25 Plant sits. The gravel road runs about 7 miles from the west end of the City of Oak Ridge, just b...
MY “LAUGH & TIMES” FLASHED BEFORE MY EYES
“There’s the neatest little waterfall over here Mushy (not his real name),” Judy said. “Look at those “Bluets” down on the side of that rock,” Ron added. Earlier, Judy had been miffed at me for not coming across to the big ro...
ROCK ISLAND STATE PARK
If you have noticed all the wildflowers I post or put on Flickr, you probably have surmised that we don’t kill ourselves on hikes. Ron usually has me lead and set the pace and I’m constantly stopping to look under leaves for “little brown ju...
BACK ON THE CUMBERLAND TRAIL
Steve and Terri had not been to see the big rocks up on Black Mountain, along the Justin P. Wilson Segment of the Cumberland Trail, so we took them Sunday. Steve, particularly, seemed to have a ball and even had me climbing to greater heights than...
BURGESS FALLS IN THE SPRING
Ron, Neena, Judy, and I took another road trip this week to the Burgess Falls State Natural Area (State Park), where we found lots of water flowing, for a change, and many wildflowers. The area is named for Tom Burgess who started a lumber and gr...
SAVAGE GARDENS ROADTRIP
Thursday found Ron, our Dragons, and me on the road to “Savage Gardens” in Lake City, Tennessee. Neither of us had ever been there, but a mutual friend of ours told Ron about it and gave us directions. Savage Gardens is located in Lake...
