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We desperately needed to sleep in, so we did. After a nice long rest, I took Jordan out on the lake in a paddle boat for a tour. We studied all the different species of duck and geese that were wintering there, most of which chased us for a bit, hoping we would feed them. We paddled around and investigated the coves and abandoned docks we found around little Lake Myers, and then headed back. This was a travel day, but a leisurely one, since our destination, Boone, was only a few hours away. Jody navigated, and found us a nice set of "blue highways" up to Boone, at about 3200 feet in the Blue Ridge Mountains, East of the Smokies. We found the nearly empty "Flintlock Campground" to be pleasant, with a small brook and plenty of trees, but annoyingly near to highway 105, with lots of traffic. It did, however, have a 25 cent pool table, which the ladies enjoyed, below. Most tables we had found had been 50 cent tables; but this one was missing one ball, so we carefully caught one solid and put it back on the table to balance things out. Speaking of balancing, Jordan still required that Doug play left handed standing on one foot. This was about the correct handicap, evening things out pretty well.
We had arrived around 4:00 PM and set up camp quickly. We had accumulated a fair bit of laundry, so the took care of that, and that took care of the afternoon. Next up was dinner and, luxury of luxuries, a campfire, with lots of wood. This we enjoyed greatly, as we had had so few so far. Jordan got the best 'seat': that is her in the hammock right next to the fire. 
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