Long Weekend in Atlanta

I left work early on Wednesday. I drove to Jasper, GA to be with my Dad and Maria. Dad was having a scan again and we knew the news was not going to be good. When I arrived we went to dinner at a Italian place. They had a buffet and it was good but we all except Dad ate to much. Gina, Maria and I had cookies and decided they were the only things we should have eaten.

Dad and Maria decided that Dad needed to move upstairs. This is a wise move for them. Dad is on crutches and does not need to go up and down the steps.

On Thursday we went to Decatur GA to the VA and Dad got to drink the nasty stuff and get a CT scan. We stayed the night at the Marriott. We went to dinner at Maria and Dads favorite Chinese place and again ate to much food. This photo of Joe and Maria is the view form the hotel.

On Friday we got the results. This took all day cause the results were not good. They changed the treatment to a IV chemo. After we left the VA we went back to Jasper and met Gina for dinner at Crust.

Saturday morning Maria and I went garage saleing. Between the tow of us we spent 4 dollars. I agree with Maria it was a bust. Then I drove home....

Well I got as far as Dalton and the front tire began to come apart. I drove to Walmart and had a new set of tires put on. I drove the rest of the way home in what seemed to feel like a brand new car.

I finished some sewing I had and rearranged my sewing room. It now makes sense.

Mystry Weekend

We had the best weekend. Snuck out of work early on Friday and got in the truck and just went for a ride for the weekend. We headed out going north east and changed our minds about Gurley and wanted to head to the ocean. We went south along some back roads and saw some beautiful country right here in our own "backyard". We drove for a few hours and when we got to Atlanta we thought about the airport and how we have always wanted to stay on the runway.

They had a special that night $99 so we got a room. We watched the planes for a while and decided to go out to eat. We went to Malone's. We returned to the hotel and watched the planes all night and again in the morning. That was so much fun.

We got in the truck and headed toward the ocean. Savannah was the destination. We went to the old historic tourist information and they gave us a map and told us to walk around it is only 1 mile by 1 mile. It was beginning to rain we decided that was not in our best interest. (Camera would not survive) We drove to the waterfront and looked around at the shop and stuff and watched the boats come and go. It began to rain and rain so we went into a little restaurant for a drink. the rain let up and we continued our journey. I began to rain so we went back to a little shop and got an umbrella to share. $5 and it was no bigger than a postage stamp. We hung onto each other tight and kept going.

We had enough rain and headed toward the sunshine on Tybee Island. We stopped at Fort Poluski and got out and walked to the light house. Saw a snake on the way and funny little crabs. The path was beautiful and full of mosquito's. We went inside the fort and looked around at everything.

We drove by the light house and a little on the island and then stopped at the beach and put our feet in the ocean. That was the first time for Darrin to see the Atlantic Ocean. How fun is that?

We played for a while then we thought we would find a place to stay for the night. We were going to go south but decided to go back to Savannah and enjoy that place cause the rain was clearing. We got a room at the Mulberry and went for dinner on the river front at Boar's Head.

When we got up in the morning and went down to the riverfront. Darrin wanted to get some salt water taffy to take home. That was a cool store and I look forward to going back in the future. Here are a few photos.

If you can't tell we really, really, really liked this store. It began to rain again so we went back and got the truck. We drove around Savannah and then headed back home.

On the way home we were going through Atlanta and decided to go see Stone Mountain. That is Borglum's first carving. It was cool and we walked around the park a little and decided that if you didn't spend every minute of the day at the park on rides you wasted $27. We will go back at some later date maybe when we have grand kids.......