Cumberland Gal Cover Photo and Updates


Cumberland Gal Cover Photo and Updates




Current Cover Photo is of Joe Pye Weed covered in butterflies along the Cherohala Skyway.  Summer is coming to an end and Fall is just starting.   I love this time of year.  Trip Report Pending from a stay at Tapoco Lodge for my birthday!  


 Photo above is a cove on Center Hill Lake near Johnson's Chapel Rec. Area from Sunday August 10, 2025.   Trip Report pending. 
Directions are HERE and usuable now.   Also some advice about reaching Burgess Falls!  













Above is a photo of the hibiscus garden at Plateau Discovery Gardens in Crossville. 

We also went to Catoosa to see wildflowers that day.   










 Health Concerns: 

   I developed asthma when I was in my thirties.  Having this lung problem can lead to COPD or heart failure in the future.    I have been suffering with a cough for over two months along with poorly controlled allergies. The chest x-ray revealed my heart is enlarged.   I went July 30th  for an echocardiogram. The cardiologist read the results, and was not satisfied with the imagery.  I have to go back for a second echocardigram this time with contrast September 4th.  I visited my new pulmonologist for the first time and just loved her!  She is sending me for pulmonary function studies, a CT scan of my chest, bloodwork and  the echocardiogram with contrast.
 She is very chill and explained that the enlarged heart" on my chest x ray may not be a legitimate finding.   The second echo will be more clear and give us a better idea what's going on. 

 
  



Hearing from Readers of My Blog



   I get emails or text messages from readers now and then. I always enjoy hearing from them.   I've made some good friends. I've gotten ideas that have greatly improved Cumberland Gal.  I am happy to help with directions to places. I answer all emails. 
You never know what we could come up with together!  I welcome suggestions, corrections, and do my best to be helpful.  

Recipe Requests! 

I got a nice email requesting my recipe for hobo chicken pouch dinners.
It was on Pinterest, but the recipe no longer shows up.  I sent that recipe so I'll make them sometime within the next week and post the recipe here on the front page.

If you ever run into a photo of something I've made on there and the recipe doesn't show up please reach out!?  I will provide you the recipe. It also gives me a chance to fix errors.  









Below is a video of Will.i-am & Taboo singing East L.A.  I love it since he includes parts of cholo culture.. the whistling and slang.   Very different! 







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