ADVENTURES, CHALLENGES, AND INSIGHTS OF A COUPLE IN EARLY RETIREMENT
Since we spend at least five months a year in Playa del Carmen, we have developed some routines to provide a break from our typical hectic schedule when we travel. We also spend lots of time on social engagements in the community and trying new restaurants.
We have started a habit of visiting Scottsdale every year in the fall. So after Asheville and a short stop in the Bay Area, we headed to Arizona. You might ask, why do we go to Scottsdale every year?
The final stop on our grand tour of the Southeast was Asheville, NC. While we had long thought about visiting this much-talked-about town, our motivation increased when our son moved there in June. That made a lovely excuse to visit.
The entire time we were in western North Carolina and Tennessee, we could look up and see the Great Smoky Mountains. The park is so vast with magnificent vistas, we thought we would tell you about the park and our experiences in this single article.
Knoxville is a small town without much going on, so after exploring downtown, we ventured out of town. We saw a cavern and an underground lake, and views of seven states.
