While I just love hitting the road and camping, I hate how hard it is to come by wi-fi that actually works…. So, until I get a better connection, here’s a pretty cool shot from yesterday …
Category: Visiting
Scenes from the road: Time to clean the windshield
Yes, I do. I take photos as I drive along. Since I almost never look through the view-finder anyway, it isn’t as dangerous as it might sound. But this trip, in Evie, has proven to be frustrating. The camera just can’t focus. And now I know why — there are too many bugs splattered on…
photo friday: disney cousins
A couple of months ago, we discovered that Rob would be having a board meeting at a Disney resort hotel, overlapping a Disney vacation by his brother and his family. After some back and forth, we decided to have Chloe miss one day of school for this once-in-a-lifetime chance to get to go to Disney…
magical wonderland
No, I’m not talking about Disney … despite our recent whirlwind. No, I’m talking about Arabia Mountain. We’ve “hiked” this DeKalb County Park outcrop a few times in past years but have returned twice in the past month. Chloe gets bored. Camille generally is unreceptive to being out of doors and hiking. But they both…
instagram: NYC
No, we didn’t take a quick trip to the Big Apple. Chloe thought the faux NY was missing the smells (roasting chestnuts, garbage) of the real one….
candy world aka sweet disney
The choco Mickey was quite enticing at dinner last night … In the end, cousins Chloe and Catherine got to share one. Chloe ate the head and Catherine the body. My girls went nuts in the candy section in the Japan gift shop at EPCOT. They reminisced about all the different candy and “Pocky style”…
photo friday: cherohala parkway
A few weeks back when we spent the weekend up in Blue Ridge, the whole family went out for a drive after breakfast. Even though Rob has been on many a “drive” with us, he still seems surprised when the drive turns out to be a multi-state one. This time, we headed to the Cherohala…
photo friday: myrtle beach
A month ago (terribly cliche, but my time sure does fly!) the girls and I spent a few days in Myrtle Beach with friends at our “usual” hotel. The girls enjoyed playing at MagiQuest, eating room service dinner and playing on the beach. A simple, true break. Well, other than the fact that I worked…
rise from the ashes?
Whenever we head up to Blue Ridge, Chloe begs to go to the “Toccoaside”, the Toccoa Riverside Restaurant just down the street form the cabin. Unfortunately, her favorite restaurant was destroyed by fire a few weeks ago. Chloe was devastated to hear this sad news. This weekend while we were in Blue Ridge, we drove…
instagram: smelting pot
At the Burra Burra Mine Site …
instagram: sunday morning on arabia mountain
Today, not only did the girls and I get in a nice hike at Arabia Mountain, but Camille also helped me straighten out my Instagram issues. Hopefully, I’ll start using it a little more now!!
photo friday: florence marina state park
A few weeks ago, we packed up Evie for a weekend trip and headed to Florence Marina State Park along the Chattahoochee where it is Lake George/Eufaula and separates Alabama and Georgia. To get there, we crossed into Alabama and then back into Georgia, and I had no idea what time it was all weekend…
photo friday: Providence Canyon State Park
“We’re not in Georgia anymore.” Had I not known better, I would have agreed. As it was, we were still in Georgia, in the canyons of Providence Canyon State Outdoor Recreation Area. The canyons, formed by “poor farming practices during the 1800’s”, reveal the hidden beauty of the underground layers. The trails down to the…
photo friday: Little White House
A couple weekends ago, we camped for two freezing nights at FDR State Park, just south of Atlanta. While there, we visited Callaway Gardens, but even more interesting was our time at the “Little White House”. Until last month, I had no idea, really, that FDR spent time in Georgia and certainly didn’t realize that…
photo friday: callaway gardens
A couple weekends ago, we camped for two freezing nights at FDR State Park, just south of Atlanta. Part of the reason for the trip was that despite having lived in Atlanta for over a decade, we’ve never been to Callaway Gardens. So on Saturday, after thawing out and having had some breakfast, we made…
photo friday: fdr state park
I can just hear the comedy sketch that must take place every time someone decided to make this parking lot at F.D. Roosevelt State Park as a meeting point. A couple weeks ago, we packed up Evie, our VW PopTop, and headed south of Atlanta to F.D. Roosevelt State Park for a weekend of sub-freezing…
sub-freezing camping
We’ve been camping in sub-freezing temps before — at LEAF, in Jackson, WY. But this weekend was the first time that water froze to a solid block. Our gallon jugs froze and even the spigot at our site froze. Silly me, I had SCOFFED at the steady trickle (not drip) of the faucet at the…
photo friday: lake eden arts festival (LEAF)
A couple weeks ago we haphazardly packed the car with camping equipment — as we are in the middle of a move, our stuff was spread out amongst our two homes. We somehow managed to bring what we needed to stay (sort of) warm at night as the temperatures dipped below freezing. This was our…
photo friday: corn maze
Despite the chaos that comes with moving, downsizing, a big release at work and a child starting school for the first time ever, we managed to make it up to north Georgia for our annual corn maze outing with my mom. This time, both my dad and Rob came along with us as well. And,…
photo friday: austin city limits
Two weekends ago, the girls and I made our annual pilgrimage to Austin for the Austin City Limits Music Festval. We love hanging out at “Austin Kiddie Limits”, listening to great bands, sampling local food and digging in the sand on Zilker Beach. This is an entry for Delicious Baby’s Photo Friday