Dad’s mantra, “never go home the same way you went” was acted on in a big way on this 1958 trip. We went southeast from Ft. Worth to Port Arthur, Texas, on the Gulf of Mexico, where we spent some time on a beach. I brought home one of the largest conch shells I have seen in some time, with a decal declaring its Texas origin. It sat on my dresser through high school. Now it is displayed with smaller seashells and other mementos from vacations, as a fitting tribute to the foundational experience my parents gave me for road trips all my life.
Texas Seashell 1958
Cup from Grandmother Lewis' Wellhouse
Cup from Grandmother Lewis' Wellhouse
Deer in Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, January 7, 2024
Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, January 7, 2024
Smooth Water at Indian Boundary Lake on a Winter Day, Cherrokee National Forest, February 4, 2024
Asbury United Methodist Church, East Knox County, Tennessee, February 18, 2024
Turkeys in Cades Cove March 3, 2024
Foothills Parkway East Overlook #2, May 7, 2024
Pinnacle Overlook View at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, May 27, 2024
Christie Lewis at Pinnacle Overlook, Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. May 27, 2024
Tazewell United Methodist Church, May 5, 2024 - This is an important church for me. When I started attending there in the 1970s, it felt like home. It changed my life.
Concord Boat Ramp, May 28, 2024
Isaiah Dixon and Christie Lewis, June 8, 2024
Isaiah Dixon and Christie Lewis, June 8, 2024
Isaiah Dixon and Christie Lewis, June 8, 2024
Isaiah Dixon and Christie Lewis, June 8, 2024
Isaiah Dixon and Christie Lewis, June 8, 2024
Isaiah Dixon
Isaiah Dixon
Isaiah Dixon
Hiwassee Meeting Hall on the River, Reliance, Tennessee, June 13, 2024
Queen Anne's Lace, Bussell Island Boat Ramp, Tellico Dam, June 16, 2024
Concord Park Boat Ramp, Northshore Drive, Farragut, TN, July 6, 2024
Concord Boat Park Boat Ramp, Northshore Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee, July 6, 2024
Bear in Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, July 20, 2024
