Definitely having fun with Mrs. Riney as chaperone (AKA: "Mama Bear")
The evening of June 1st at 6pm EST, we arrived to the Holiday Inn Express in Powell, TN. Our day of travel was a few minutes short of 10 hours including a few stops for food and gas. The highlight of my trip was the singing that transpired throughout the van when we got close to Tennessee. Mrs. Riney played "Rocky Top" using her Apple music app to expose everyone to a bit of music inspired by this area from the 1960's. I'm not sure we are going to go on the road with it, but everyone was awake by the time the song ended. If you aren't sure if you have heard it or not, click below to experience it:
The weather was sunny and traffic not as heavy as I have encountered on this journey in the past. The students are terrific! Several of us ate at the COOK OUT chain for the first time today. Personally I was impressed, and probably more hungry than I thought. My order consisted of a grilled cajun chicken sandwich, cole slaw, onion rings and a chocolate malt all for under $7! Not the healthiest of choices, but it was certainly delicious! (This is also the first time I am also going to include blogging about food in my 4 years of coming here- so all you foodies out there, more to come).
I have not had the opportunity to explore the Appalachia Museum and looking forward to this later today, so more to come!
Take a look at what the students have to say so far about their experience by clicking their names on the left hand side of the page.
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