Norris Dam State Park
Jul. 11th, 2022 05:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
catsittingstillI am getting gradually stronger after Covid. Dad didn’t feel like walking this morning so Jake and Kip and I went to Panther Creek and did the Old Wagon road, and also Panther Path (a short trail to the visitor center) and a bit of another side path, —Deer Run? I forget—and walked faster than we would have with Dad, so that was upping my exercise a bit. We went past Ingles on the way back since we were so close, and got all kinds of goodies, including an Ice Cream Cake because see below, and then stopped by WalMart to top up Jake’s supply of Diet Mountain Dew (I swear he drinks about 2 liters a day) and grab some ice cream cones; I’m going to have one for dessert. My violin lesson was cancelled on a few hours notice today (not a problem, considering that, between Covid and family visit, I haven’t been practicing properly anyway) so Jake and Dad and I went to Norris Dam State Park in the afternoon.
We drove over the dam and looked at it from the downstream side, and went to the threshing barn and grist mill that are nearby (which were unfortunately closed Monday through Wednesday but I supposed park rangers have to wash their socks and do their shopping sometime) and saw the weir downstream of the dam and heard the sirens go off for the opening of another sluice gate, though the water was already high enough that it didn’t rise much. It’s a very pretty drive to and from, and we got home at 5:20pm, in good time to pick where we were going to get dinner from.
We’re getting takeout because today is the day we have chosen to honor Summer Birthdays day this year, and then we will give each other our birthday presents, and have Ice Cream Cake made with chocolate ice cream.
We drove over the dam and looked at it from the downstream side, and went to the threshing barn and grist mill that are nearby (which were unfortunately closed Monday through Wednesday but I supposed park rangers have to wash their socks and do their shopping sometime) and saw the weir downstream of the dam and heard the sirens go off for the opening of another sluice gate, though the water was already high enough that it didn’t rise much. It’s a very pretty drive to and from, and we got home at 5:20pm, in good time to pick where we were going to get dinner from.
We’re getting takeout because today is the day we have chosen to honor Summer Birthdays day this year, and then we will give each other our birthday presents, and have Ice Cream Cake made with chocolate ice cream.
