We had a good trip, did a ton of driving and saw much of Tennessee over 4 1/2 days. We had targeted 3 big areas to see and feel that we got a good read on all of them. 8-)

Linda has gout and arthritis which is the reason for moving south. I have some arthritis also, but not as severe as hers. We had mostly great weather for the trip, which was a blessing as we dodged a couple of storms.

Our primary goal was to see as much as possible and to choose an area to focus our search. We spent some time in the Smokies area, but decided it was way too touristy and populated for us. We have chosen to focus in an area north of Cookeville and around Dale Hollow Lake. It’s an area that’s thinly populated, has some great landscapes with hills, ridges, and valleys. This is north-central Tennessee. We plan to go back sometime in March after Linda retires to focus our search and become more familiar with this area. 8-)