Health Set Backs

 

The last part of 2020 and the first month of 2021 has sucked. It all started just before Christmas then they found that I had blood clots in both lungs and being in the Hospital. While in the Hospital was found that I had a 99 blockage in my heart. Had a stent put in and all seems to be good until I tested positive for Covid-19 with pneumonia that cause me to have to remain in the Hospital for a few more days. Luckily everything is getting better and I am feeling 100 percent better. I do have some Doctor appointments to follow up with that stopped our travel plans. Guess we will be here until March.

The weather here in East Tennessee has sucked so far it has been either raining , snowing or cloudy for the last month it seems , hopefully it will get better soon. We are in a nice campground the is close to everything so if the weather gets better there is a lot to see and do. We have been able to get up into the Smokey Mountains and Caves Coves a few times to do some sightseeing . For now I am just working on doing a full recovery and getting back to normal. 

Travel Plans Update

Looks like we are going to be staying here in Tennessee until the end of December before heading to Florida. Doctors found that I have blood clots in both lungs and want us to stay put for a few more weeks. Not looking forward to spending the winter where it can get cold and maybe even snow, but Gwen is loving it. We are having a lot of fun sightseeing and taking short day trips. The traffic in the Smokey Mountains area is really bad so we try to stay away for that area on the weekends . Here are a few more picture to look at and there will be more to come.

Smokey Mountians

Having a great time here in the Smokey Mountains. Doing alot of sightseeing and day trips. Traffic in some of the areas is bad but seems to be getting better. We may be staying here until the end of Dec. not sure yet it will depend on what happens we I go to the doctors on Nov 15th. They have to do another Cat scan of the lungs. Just have to wait and see what happens. 

Here are a few pictures from one of our day trip on the Foothills Parkway.

  

Day in the Mountains

After 4 days of sitting at the campsite due to myself having a mild case of Pneumonia in both lungs we where able to ride back in the mountains today. Where lucky enough to see some Elk at Cherokee NC. We had been in the area in the past but never seen any Elk , guess today was our lucky day.

 

Tennessee 2020

We are in week two in Tennessee and having a good time even if the weather has not been the great the last few days. It has been raining and cloudy most of the last few days. The leaves have started to change. Have been doing a lot of sightseeing in the area. Traffic has been really bad in the Sevierville, Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg areas. We have had a lot of fun just riding some of the back roads and getting out of the traffic. Here are some of our pictures from the last few day.

Theses pictures are at the Museum of Appalachia

Pictures from the ride we took at Cades Cove

We are taking the day to rest today Gwen is not feeling good we think she got some bad food at Cracker Barrel last night. She was up most of the night sick so just hanging around the motor home today. Hoping to get back to Cades Cove in the next few days Gwen wants to see a bear and we would like to get some more pictures before the leaves fall off the trees. Going to take a day trip on the Smokey Mountain Parkway soon so more pictures to come.