Tara

We visited a real southern plantation house, Stately Oaks Plantation in Jonesborough, GA. I have always wanted to visit one. It was not as big as I thought it would be. 4 rooms upstairs and 4 room down. The sitting room was rather small...I don't know how several women with hooped skirts would have fit into that room! This is the house that Margaret Mitchell wrote about in her famous novel, "Gone With The Wind". The grandkids seemed to be interested....had to keep telling them..."don't touch"! LOL

Keilani on the swing. She spends a lot of time on this thing!!

Rest break for Ashleigh.

Havin' Fun

We are at the boys place in Douglasville, GA. Here Austin, Brandon and John are having fun...Ashleigh is getting ready to get into the mix! They have been having fun on this all week.

Point Park

While in Chattanooga we visited another Civil War battle site....on top of Lookout Mountain. We had to hurry though the park since it was ready to rain...it even dumped on us while we were in the park...had to run for the New York Peace Memorial to get out of the rain. The view in this picture is of Chattanooga and the Tennessee river. It is hard to imagine those Union soldiers storming up this mountain and overtaking "Rebs".

Swinging Bridge

Swinging Bridge at Rock City....and YES, Ed and I both crossed this bridge. Fun but a little scary when Ed started to make it shake.

Rock City

We visited Rock City in Chattanooga, TN. I remember coming here with my Mom & Dad when I was about 6 yrs old. Nothing much has changed. I remembered the swinging bridge...it's still there. Fat man's squeeze...we both made it through that one!! LOL This picture was taken from the Observation Point. I am standing in front of Lovers' Leap where you are suppose to be able to see seven states. They didn't have the lines drawn in red between the states...so I really didn't know if I saw all seven! LOL

New BOF

Last March I helped launch a new SKP BOF...the SKP Geocache BOF. At the Escapade we had our first social and we toasted our founder...Arlo. The BOF reached 94 members during the Escapade. If you are a SKP and wish to join our group...there is no cost...just send an e-mail to SKPGeoCacheBOF@gmail.com. Include your full name, your SKP #, your geocaching handle (if you have one), e-mail address and your phone number. We have a Yahoo Group as our "meeting place" and "newsletter".

Ed & John's Birthday party

On 5/30/09, while we were still In Sedalia, MO, we went out to dinner with a few friends to celebrate Ed and John's birthdays. We ate at Bandanas BBQ. Yum...really good ribs!!

Max

Ivan Maxamillion of Blue Rose, born 10-14-1999. Lost his battle with kidney failure 6-3-2009.