Monday, June 6th

Finally a morning to sleep in a bit. The weather was cooler in Kentucky than Ohio but we are looking for even cooler weather before getting home. We departed Levi Jackson State Park in the Daniel Boone National Forest just after 11AM. Right before we got on I-75 we hit the Starbucks in London. OH YEAH!!! Once we finally got onto the interstate we began heading south again. Into Tennessee then taking I-40 east toward Ashville in North Carolina.
We drove through Cherokee country and passed between the Great Smoky and Appalachian Mountains. It was a spectacular drive.

In wanting to get to a higher elevation and cooler weather we let the national weather map guide us. We've landed at Mt. Pisgah on the Blue Ridge Parkway in NC. Elevation 5,000 feet. Yup ... Off grid again. The temperature at 7:30 pm is about 69* outside. Bingo ... we got what we were looking for.

Our highlight of the day was feeding Seymour (the venus fly trap plant) for the 1st time. I had already collected rain water for him. I was told you can't give them tap water. So now it was time to hunt down a bug and begin the feeding. I snapped up a fly in no time and before you could blink Seymour had clamped down on it. It was very interesting to watch but also scary at the same time.

Just before dark I looked out the window of the Airstream and wondered .... Is that a bear trail leading to our campsite?

9:30 pm temp -
Int - 67.6
Ext - 61.3