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Summer plans...
Jun. 1st, 2023 04:03 pmDad and Jake are coming to visit in about a month.
What with Dad getting deafer and deafer, and also slower and less steady on his feet, I'm having to think hard about things to do that everyone will enjoy. We used to go to movies, but Dad can't hear them, and most of the places that used to have captions have decided they will just use earphones that bellow, but those don't work for Dad anymore. We used to go hiking a lot, but while Dad is still game, he obviously feels self conscious about slowing down so much on hills. Most museums are art, and Dad is pretty bored by art (and I don't think Jake really cares for it either.)
I did get us some tickets for a steam locomotive ride about 2 hours away by car, so that will be fun.
And there is a tour of Oak Ridge's historical bits (the WWII bits) that might be interesting.
There's the aquarium in Gatlinburg, and the Knoxville zoo, but we've been to both several times.
There's also a national park near us, Congaree National Park, that includes a canoe trail and some level hiking trails that aren't too demanding so Kip and I are going to go check that out tomorrow.
Which means I'd better get cracking about packing.
What with Dad getting deafer and deafer, and also slower and less steady on his feet, I'm having to think hard about things to do that everyone will enjoy. We used to go to movies, but Dad can't hear them, and most of the places that used to have captions have decided they will just use earphones that bellow, but those don't work for Dad anymore. We used to go hiking a lot, but while Dad is still game, he obviously feels self conscious about slowing down so much on hills. Most museums are art, and Dad is pretty bored by art (and I don't think Jake really cares for it either.)
I did get us some tickets for a steam locomotive ride about 2 hours away by car, so that will be fun.
And there is a tour of Oak Ridge's historical bits (the WWII bits) that might be interesting.
There's the aquarium in Gatlinburg, and the Knoxville zoo, but we've been to both several times.
There's also a national park near us, Congaree National Park, that includes a canoe trail and some level hiking trails that aren't too demanding so Kip and I are going to go check that out tomorrow.
Which means I'd better get cracking about packing.
