Our Beautiful Granddaughter: KATE

Here is Kate coming over to visit us at our park

She and grandpa getting the GPS ready for our treks to her different graduation ceremonies.(of course they are all in different places)

She is very small (didn't get that from my side of the family!)

She and her best friend at the awards ceremony

We arrived in Nashville Wednesday the 21 with no mishaps. When we left Pigeon Forge, I saw Kroger had diesel for $4.35. So John stopped and with my card we got it for $$3.31. That will be the last we see of 4. 3o's. Here in Nashville it went up yesterday (Thur) to 4.69. Seems as if everytime we drive out of the park it has gone up 2 cents.
ANYWAY we have really enjoyed visiting with Kate. Yesterday, went to her dance practice and watched that for awhile. The recital is in June, so we won't be seeing it. Took her to lunch she chose Pinera Bread. I know that some of you LOVE that place. We had already eaten, so John and I split a cinnamon roll. It was very good.
Kate went on to do teen-age things and John and I decided to drive up to Gallatin,Tenn. About 40 years ago John came to ride in a quarter horse futurity. It was held on a farm called King Bee Farm. So he wanted to drive up to see if it was still there. We didn't think it probably was since everything has grown up so. So we are driving along and there it was, a sign that said King Bee Farms. Turned into it and it looked very prosperous. Went on up to the barn as we saw a pickup sitting there. John got out and started to ask the guy if there had been a race track there. But before he got that said the guy said,"Are you John Lively?"

I'm sure John about fell over . Anyway the guy just rents stalls there and didn't have anything to do with it when John was there in the late 60's. He knew John because his dad use to ride him in Raton,NMexico. As John and this guy were talking over old times, the lady that owns the farm came driving up. She is 92 years old and is still running the quarter horse farm. That was a lot of fun.
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