We started the day at the Ducktown Senior Citizen Center. We spent the morning there dancing, and talking with the senior citizens. We learned quite a bit about the area and it's history talking to the seniors. We also had lunch with them.
After lunch we went to the Ducktown museum where we learned even more about the area and the mining history. The picture above is all off us at a spot the looks out over the area where the three states , Tennessee, Georgia, and North Carolina all meet.
After lunch we went to a home and worked on clearing kudzu. Kudzu is a vine that grows rampant down here. It takes over everything, including trees and buildings. It was really hard work. A lot of scrapes but no serious accidents or injuries. The kids worked really hard. We were very proud of them.
After we finished working we stopped at the Blue Hole on the way back to Eagle Ranch for a quick swim. It is quite a popular place with the locals. It's a great place to cool off after a long hard afternoon of clearing kudzu.
We got back to Eagle Ranch late for dinner, but they were very kinf and accomodating. We went right in to dinner with our clothes on over our wet bathing suits since we were so late. After dinner we had to rush to the showers to get cleaned up for the night activities.
We listened to some great Bluegrass music, by a local group. One of the guys in the group played at the Grand Ole Oprey a few years ago. It was nice. After that we had some lessons in lline dancing. We all learned the Texas 10 step.
We had an amazingly busy but very rewarding day. We are finally just relaxing before bed. Tomorrow promises to be another busy day.
Looks like everyone had another great day! Enjoy tomorrow and I wish you a save trip home.I can't wait to hear more about the trip when you arrive home.
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