Alice Goes to Knoxville to visit with Mama and Nonie

Here I sit in beautiful Knoxville, TN after driving for just a little over 4 hours this morning. The drive from KY was considerably faster than the drive that Nonie and Mama had to do from S.C. because they had to take a detour. There was a serious rock slide in NC several months ago and a big chunk of I-40 is closed at the moment and will be for several more months.

They did say, however, that their drive was very beautiful and bucolic, going through highways and by-ways of the back woods that they would never normally see. Mama said they felt as if they were driving through a Currier and Ives Christmas Card!  Instead of taking lots of pictures, I have most made short videos today, of Mama telling us about her family history and it has been fascinating!  I'll be uploading many of these to my YouTube channel over the next few days.  To see them, just go to www.youtube.com/chantdoc.  Have a great Christmas too!