Linda & Janet in front of Biltmore Mansion located in Asheville, NC...Tour of mansion took over 1.5 hours...very interesting....enjoyed lunch in what was the horse stables....walked thru a portion of the exstensive flower gardens adjacent to the mansion...property continues to be owned & operated by the Vanderbilt family...

 On to Townsend, TN and Pigeon Forge...Gatlinburg....to attend Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede Show...drove, by auto,  to Clingman's Dome, the highest point in mountains...Don was only one of group able to walk the last 1/2 mile to the observation tower at the very top....

Don & Janet Leech, sailing friends who recently sold their sailboat and purchased a new Class A RV arrived in Medina and accompanied us on a trip to Cave City, Ky to see Mamouth Cave....

 Stalagtites in cave....                                                           Deer plentiful all around park grounds

Visit from sailing friends Norm & Linda Passmore, currently wintering in Guatamala aboard their Island Packet Sailboat and summers at their new farm located near Corning, NY.

Traveled back to Morgantown, WV.....WalMart overnite....On to Pier - Lon Campground located ner Medina, OH.....Here for the month of September....RV maintenance....etc.....

Left St Michaels, MD for Chestertown, MD located on the Chester River....
Campsite adjacent to river....nice view......

River cruise with our boating freinds Walt & Sharon.....
Returned to marina to find out that Hurricane Irene was headed our way
& boats needed to be secured....
While in process of securing the boat...we experienced an Earthquake....
BBQ that evening & all departed the next day to get out of the way of Irene.....

Arrived St Michaels, MD....Invited to park RV at friends condo....interesting manuevering...
Neighbors all toured RV....Quite a novelty to them.....
Dinner at the Miles River Yacht Club.....

Next day....River cruise & lunch aboard their new trawler.....