Today is another beautiful day. We were blessed with cool temperatures this morning and abundant sunshine. Bruce built an early fire so we smoked up the neighborhood all day. It was too cold to cook outside- at least for us fair weather campers. All those electric appliances we hold so dear cool off rather quickly when the temperature hovers in the mid-50s. So - I cooked (Bruce's excuse was that he only cooked outside- not in the camper.) He offered to take me out (of course after I was up and had coffee in front of the fire), but when you are already in sweats and need a shower- who wants to change for something that minor so I made one of my favorite breakfasts - fried eggs, hot country sausage links, hash browns and biscuits - yum- kept me full until 3 this afternoon. Jeremy called with his greetings and we talked about a trip he wants to take next year with a friend to the King of the Hammer race and to maybe even try their hand at boondocking with an RV. Bruce is already looking at our schedule- but February may be too early for us to be able to get out to California- we would not want to come back until fall and that might be hard to make happen. We do want to do a very long trip next year, so who knows if it will begin then or not. We still have some time to make plans.
We saw most of the campers leave this morning or by early afternoon - with children, school, jobs and regular life to return to on Monday. I remember that time fondly - NOT! Boy am I glad we both jumped as soon as we could- who knows how long we will be able to enjoy getting out and around or will be able to even afford it. Anyway, only a few of us were left to cruise the campground with maps in hand marking our favorite spots for next time. In fact, we just completed that review and will definitely be back here next year (or maybe even this fall). We had done the same cruise for the first 2 COE campgrounds we saw last week and we completed the other 3 (Springfield, Watsadler and Paynes Creek) on Friday. All in all - this is the best one for our needs with Springfield second. They will be keeping one loop open here at Twin Lakes beginning this winter and we have talked about maybe giving it a try (most probably before January). That is only if this coming winter is less fierce than the one we just saw and does not show up too early. We can't really find much to do outside when the weather is in the teens and below and snow would probably just send us (and Hazel) into a tailspin.
We did have a wonderful Mother's Day today here at the campground, culminating in dinner of course - pork tenderloin on the grill, twice baked potatoes and broccoli with cheese sauce. There was apple crisp with ice cream and whipped cream (Bruce went wild when I sent him to the store) for dessert. I know, you are all thinking how lucky I am that my husband would cook such a delicious meal for me but that of course was not the case. We had both already agreed we would rather eat my cooking this time- although he did clean up everything while I got to use the campground shower (with almost no campers in the park) for a leisurely hair washing. Smoke from the fire does stick with you and then your clothes smell, your camper smells, your hair smells- you get the picture. Anyway, we are now both relaxing in the camper, watching the sun set, he reading a book and I, of course, electronically chatting with all of you!
Tomorrow will be a trip to the Quilt Shop of Anderson for some material shopping for me as I am going to visit my friend Julie Friday and we plan to participate in mystery quilt evening at her local quilt shop. I need to be ready to sew, sew, sew (you know, get something done besides visiting, eating, visiting, shopping, etc.) so will try to get my material bought AND cut for the quilt before arriving at her house. I can't wait - it has been way too long since I have spent any time with her. I will be leaving Bruce alone with both cats and Hazel for at least overnight during that time - no telling what could happen to him with no other wheels. Think good thoughts for him :-)
Tomorrow we will also be getting ready for our move Tuesday to Bald Ridge Creek on Lake Lanier (just outside Cumming, GA). Since it is only about 81 miles, we don't need to leave too very early - which means coffee outside while the sun comes up and reflection time before we start on Tuesday. For the readers who followed us in 2009 you might remember that Bruce tells everyone we meet that my idea of travel is 4 hours on Wednesdays so we never get very far. He always kids - but when we look at how we like to actually drive/stay and what we have been doing- it is not too far off, although this trip the 4 hours travel seems to be occurring on Tuesdays instead.
No pics this time - just prose, so will sign off before I get too very lengthy. Until we get to Bald Ridge, unless of course there is just too much news about the quilt shop tomorrow ---------
