BOONE, NC.  I am seated in the local Starbucks in order to have WIFI.  I was able to enter the June 1st entry at the KOA, but it would not complete the update until the wee hours of June 2, thus the date displayed was the second.  I have now corrected it.  WIFI at the KOA is virtually non-existent, and the cell phone coverage (Verison) is pretty lame.  And there is no cable TV either.  Yet it is a beautiful location.

Once housing costs come back down, we shall find a small house or condo with decent connectivity.  Should also be quieter.  The RVs pulling in and out at all hours was no concern back when we were also doing the same as we traveled cross-country.  This is our first experience staying put for weeks on end.  Very educational. 

As you can tell, keeping this blog up-to-date will be difficult.  I suppose I could come here to the Starbucks every day.  We shall see.

We did get the chance to hike up one of the gravel roads by the KOA to an old cemetery.  Many 19th century markers, along with some presently unmarked jagged stones seemingly from an even earlier time.  Betty shot the following images.