Saying Goodbye & Curvy Roads

We said goodbye to the Porters and to Ruby. She even sat with me by the front door while Mike was loading the Jeep. We were such good girls. We didn't try to go out the door after we were told to stay! The humans hugged each other and Ruby and I had some good pets. I licked everyone goodbye.
Then we got on the road. I was excited to be on the road again. We drove for a long time. We came upon a road sign that said, "Smoky Mountain National Park". We decided to take that exit. The humans thought it would be nice if we drove through the park for awhile. As soon as we got on the road, something didn't seem right. We were on a two lane road and it started getting curvy. First, it would go one way and then it would go the other way. I tried to stay standing up so I could supervise Mike's driving, but there were too many curves! The higher up the mountain we went, the more curvy the road got. Mike said it was worse than when they to Caesar Head State Park. Sometimes we had to pull over to the edge of the road to let a car go by us. Then, all of a sudden, the surface of the road changed to gravel. After 6 miles and half an hour, Mike had enough of the road. He found a driveway and turned around. I was relieved. It's very stressful trying to supervise my humans on a road like this.
We also drove on I40 through Asheville. The road has lots of construction. They are having to rebuild portions of the road after Hurricane Helen earlier this year. The amount of work that has been done is massive and the amount of work that still needs to be done is massive. We ended the day in Knoxville, TN. I was so tired. We stayed at a hotel that wasn't very nice. The carpet looked like it hadn't been cleaned in years. The appliances were ancient. They were a lot older than me. But the sheets were nice and clean and my humans said that it had one of the hotel best showers. It got hot fast and the water pressure was very good. I stayed as far away from it that I could!Read more