Yesterday while in Bryson City, we noticed ads for the Great Smokey Mountain Railroad. Back at Persimmon Creek, Rhoda investigated on-line and booked us on the Narration Car for tomorrow.
October 16
Today we relaxed and stitched as it was a kind of drizzly and Rhoda was recovering from her first (and only) Bojangles biscuit (tasted at my urging)...I never knew she had issues with butter. I thought my inability to eat nuts was bad, but no butter!! That just sucks!
We worked on our Scrabble board projects. She stuck with it, I crapped out after a bit and made two of the draw-string bags I need for holiday gifts.
In the afternoon, cabin fever struck, so we trekked into Murphy to Bless My Stitches. I walked in and realized this was a shop we visited a couple of years ago during a shop hop. The owner remembered the VW cutout I posed in back in 2014!!
We noticed a quilt made of this fabulous Alexander Henry Zombie Drive-in fabric. The shop was out so we immediately ordered some for next year! Order it yourself; I found about a dozen sites besides Amazon that sell it.
October 17
Once again we woke early and headed over the mountains to Bryson City. Arriving early, we strolled the Main Street, shopping a bit at the Loose Moose and enjoying a latte and pumpkin muffin. The weather was fabulous, just chill enough for a sweater.
The steam engine pulling our train is one of the last remaining fuel-oil powered ones in existence, according to a conductor with whom we chatted. every time she blew her whistle, I sent a "thank you" and a wink up to Mom.
The tour included the site of Harrison Ford's escape from the prisoner train in The Fugitive. The remnants of the real cars are still there.
Our train car was an original 1931 Pullman. The seats were comfortable but small and close together, even less leg room than in Coach on any airplane. People were definitely much smaller back in the day.
Our narrator was an exceedingly charming and knowledgeable gentle named Tim who runs the Smokey Mountain story-telling Center in Bryson City. If you are ever in that area, meet him.
October 16
Today we relaxed and stitched as it was a kind of drizzly and Rhoda was recovering from her first (and only) Bojangles biscuit (tasted at my urging)...I never knew she had issues with butter. I thought my inability to eat nuts was bad, but no butter!! That just sucks!
In the afternoon, cabin fever struck, so we trekked into Murphy to Bless My Stitches. I walked in and realized this was a shop we visited a couple of years ago during a shop hop. The owner remembered the VW cutout I posed in back in 2014!!
We noticed a quilt made of this fabulous Alexander Henry Zombie Drive-in fabric. The shop was out so we immediately ordered some for next year! Order it yourself; I found about a dozen sites besides Amazon that sell it.October 17
Once again we woke early and headed over the mountains to Bryson City. Arriving early, we strolled the Main Street, shopping a bit at the Loose Moose and enjoying a latte and pumpkin muffin. The weather was fabulous, just chill enough for a sweater.
The steam engine pulling our train is one of the last remaining fuel-oil powered ones in existence, according to a conductor with whom we chatted. every time she blew her whistle, I sent a "thank you" and a wink up to Mom.
The tour included the site of Harrison Ford's escape from the prisoner train in The Fugitive. The remnants of the real cars are still there. 
Our narrator was an exceedingly charming and knowledgeable gentle named Tim who runs the Smokey Mountain story-telling Center in Bryson City. If you are ever in that area, meet him.
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