knoxville tennessee

we have wonderful friends in knoxville.  my dear friend patience, her husband john and their two sweet boys, abe and baby jed.

 sweeties!!

patience and i have know each other all our lives. our parents have been friends since the hippie commune days in the hills of oregon.  my dad and her parents were founding people in a commune called 'sunnyridge'.  we have seen each other now and again over the years but its been at least 7 years since we saw each other last because i had not yet met her older son, abe.  it was wonderful to see her and meet her adorable boys and her lovely husband john. 

they live in an old historic area called 'old north knoxville'  and i actually only saw this area and the marble quarry where we took a hike one day.  my visit to knoxville was really only to connect with these lovely people.  here are a few photos of some of the old  beautiful houses in their neighborhood.

their house front

their house back

 big house

red house

brick house

 cozy on the corner

 porching it up

i took this photo of the cosmic easter sunday sun! it was a relaxing day of cleaning up in the camper and lying in the sun relaxing. perfect!

we went out to a  marble quarry that is now a large park for hiking and biking where patience and the boys often go. it was beautiful!!

jed on the old tracks

old marble loading area

through the forest

to the rocks we go

going up

going down

rocks

the way through

 everywhere i go!!

 big rocks

abe the climber

is this the amazon

 jungle?

it was a wonderful visit. totally relaxing and chill. i could imagine staying forever in patience and john's back yard. but the road calls me ever westward. 

my house

sisterfriends

yeah!

all smiles

 great, fun guys

sweethearts

i love you guys!!