Karen’s Snapshots!

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Time to leave my friends and head north towards Crossville, Tennessee to visit with family.  Before I leave, I spend some time exploring the town of Athens, Tennessee a little bit.  I started out at the Veteran’s Memorial Park and then strolled downtown around their lovely courthouse.  I’ve decided that I really really like brick buildings.  Downtown is also home of the historic Tennessee Wesleyann College and I explored that some too. Established in 1857, TWC is a small college and absolutely charming.  It was summer, so there were no students around, but I loved the atmosphere of the campus.  On campus is a plaque and statues that tell the touching Nocatula Legend–the Romeo and Juliet story of a Cherokee Indian maiden, Nocatula, and an English officer who died there.

I arrive in Crossville in the afternoon and I call my Aunt Luanna and go to her house.  Throughout the evening, various relatives dropped by to visit.  My Aunt Linda from Kentucky was there, as she had just arrived back in Tennessee after a holiday in Alaska with her sister Rebececca, who lives in Crossville and her brother Freddie, who went home to Texas.   Aunt Luanna’s son Chad, my cousin, and his wife Nicole and children Addison and Clay were there.  My uncle Randall and his wife came by.  Rebecca’s daughter, my cousin Tara and her daughter Becca came by.  Aunt Luanna’s daughter Niki, my cousin, and her kids also stopped by for a bit.  I also met Ralph, Luanna’s husband.  It’s been 14 years since I’ve seen my father’s family, so it was my first time meeting the kids and some of the spouses.   One thing is for sure, I come by the “outgoing talkative blond” thing honestly… LOL!

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