A Good Day

Angie, Hershey and I had a very enjoyable day today which started with a trip down and then back over Signal Mountain on the picturesque Suck Creek Road.

The fall colors are close to their peak and this road winds and twists like something you'd expect to see in a sports car commercial.


Our destination was the Ketner's Mill country fair in the Sequatchie Valley. I played a couple of sets in the brisk fall air, we ate some junk food and let Hershey play in the creek. Hershey's not been feeling too well the last few months and had gotten quite lethargic. We stopped giving her the medicine she was prescribed and changed her diet and she's her old self again, 11 years old which is 77 in people years, so we know we won't have her a lot longer. I was beginning to think that we'd seen her last good days, but I'm more hopeful now that she has a few squirrels left to chase.


I snapped the above picture of a happy Hershey and framed it using Photoshop. Unfortunately the result is a picture that looks as if I've had happy Hershey's head mounted. I promise, she's OK and asleep at my feet right now.

One surprise at the Ketner's was finding a shirt vendor for the 2007 Chattanooga Dulcimer Festival - the tie-dye will be back, but with a twist that I'll reveal later. By the way, we still have a few t's left over from the 2006 festival. You can purchase them by using the store link above.

After Ketner's Mill we headed to downtown Chattanooga and the Chattanooga Market, which is next to a dog park (which Hershey wasn't so sure about) and skate park. The place was bustling with live music, art and people having a good time. We were glad to soak up our share of the fun and were reminded once again why we like living in the Tennessee Valley. ¶ 9:29 PM