Tuesday 8/13
Today's plans were changed to be a free
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Donald & Carlanne took a group for a
short cruise while others stayed local |
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A cruise over to the
Blue Ridge Parkway
and over to Maggie's Valley |
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A lunch stop |
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Some grabbing a few Cruiser Points |
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Some stayed around local to Fontana and enjoyed the
resort and lake |
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a short drive outside of the resort (neat curvy roads)
take you out to Fontana Lake |
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beautiful sky today |
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interesting Vette photo |
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The lake is used for power along with a water supply |
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The lake has crystal clear water and rumored to have some
great trout fishing |
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Fontana Dam is a hydroelectric dam on
the Little Tennessee River. At 480 feet high, it is
the tallest dam in the Eastern US, and at the time of its
construction (early 1940s), it was the fourth tallest dam
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a few other pictures around locally |
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two couples ran into each other at the local grill
...decided to enjoy a late lunch snack |
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Back at Fontana |
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Time for dinner - we barely made it over to the restaurant
before the afternoon shower hit |
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after dinner we gathered out by the Gill's room where we
visited and relaxed for the evening |
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after dark, some previews of the trip so far were on the
laptop and Marsha shared some trip video |
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some also enjoyed trying their photography skils to grab
photos of the moon and clouds |
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NEXT CURVE |
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