Perhaps the gods do not want us to take this trip. If we go to New York state, a car bomb is parked on Times Square. If we go to Tennessee, Tennessee is flooded (although we aren't going to Nashville, so whatever). If we go to Louisiana, its beaches are suddenly covered in oil. If anything happens in Texas and Utah (the next states we will pass through on our trip) we know that the gods are trying to fuck with us for real.
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However, the gods are off by quite some distance and haven't been able to actually impact our trip in any way. Today we are in Tennessee, near the Smoky Mountains. Our motel is situated in Pigeon Forge, which turns out to be just a very long strip of ugly theme restaurants, half a titanic and something called Dollywood. Brrrrr. (Maybe the gods were trying to prevent me from seeing this).
Gelukkig merk je niets van dit alles als je eenmaal in de bergen bent, en vanmorgen zijn we dan ook vroeg opgestaan om lekker te gaan wandelen. Het was prachtig. Aangenaam warm. Mooie bergstromen vol smeltwater. Heul veul vlinders.
Luckily, you don't notice any of the horribleness that is just outside the park when you are in the mountains. So this morning we got up early and drove up there for a hike. It was beautiful, the streams were rushing, the air was clean, and there were loads and loads of butterflies.
And I bought a bear mask. It is my birthday, so it was the perfect gift from me to me!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
PS: I love the idea of gods with bad aim. Like, "right state, wrong city, DAMN!" It's like a movie plot.
It's very greek :-)
Marte, Yair!
Weer eens op jullie blogspot gekeken. Wat een jaloersmakende briljante reis zijn jullie aan het maken.
Een roadtrip langs de mooiste plekken in de US.
De opmerking bijde minigolf blog (Yair heeft Marte niet laten winnen is even terecht als geestig!)
Enorm.
Stijn (Wiggers, red.)
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