Finally got to visit Kingsport!! (Knoxville, Winchester: credit card, live, store)

[TopshelfTom]

A couple of weeks ago I was on vacation, my friend George and I were hitting up some concerts and had a week in between shows to kill....we had decided to take a road trip but thanks to the snow the slammed the east coast, our entire trip got changed....

We were supposed to start in New York and head right to Kingsport but instead, went to Knoxville first (via ohio and kentucky), which we were going to hit up later in the trip....but due to the snow, we spent more time in the car than we wanted....and our time in Kingsport was brief.... basically got in about 6 pm on the day we got in (Tuesday, February 9th), went to a chinese buffet that is relatively new where we met a friend of mine who lives in Kingsport...afterwards we went to the Kingsport Target (which I had always wanted to see, given that I work for Target and the Kingsport store is actually what i have on my credit card, courtesy of Capital One and an internet photograph...). After that we went to a grocery store where my friend from Kingsport bought me several different types of soda that aren't available in upstate new york (two weeks later im still enjoying them, too).

We left early the next afternoon (after another visit to Target and lunch at Pal's) to try to make the trek back to Maryland (only made it as far as Winchester, Virginia) so I didn't get to see much of Kingsport in the daylight or in good weather (it was snowing when we were there), but I hope to get back there soon, as the next time I'll have a chance (in June, possibly), some other friends we visited during this trip will be moved in, down in Kingsport...I should've taken more pictures but didn't think of it at the time....maybe next time around...

[Mountain Sprite]

Thanks for the pics. I'm thinking about relocating there. Thanks to everybody posting pictures I'm getting a real "feel" for the city. There's not too many pictures of it in winter though, so yours are very helpful.

[TopshelfTom]

Thank you for the compliment! I hope to visit Kingsport again sometime in June when I'll be heading to Georgia for a Johnny Rivers concert -- would love to get a feel for the area during warmer temperatures as well....no doubt I'll take more pictures during that time, also.

[StacieC]

Mountain Sprite,

There are not too many pictures of it in winter because this area doesn't usually have a "good" winter. Snows are infrequent and only last into daylight hours, normally. This year has been phenomenal for snow. It has essentially snowed continuously most of the winter - LOL. I was loving it in the beginning, but did grow tired of it at the end. My kids (in Washington County, right next door to Sullivan County and Kingsport) had 15 snow days this year. That is a first in my momory and I have been in this area for 15 years.

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Stacie

[TopshelfTom]

Originally Posted by StacieC

Mountain Sprite,

There are not too many pictures of it in winter because this area doesn't usually have a "good" winter. Snows are infrequent and only last into daylight hours, normally. This year has been phenomenal for snow. It has essentially snowed continuously most of the winter - LOL.

A GOOD winter for me is one with as little snow as possible