Sunday, March 24, 2019

Day 16 & 17 - More wood, Fried Green Tomatoes and Perfect Weather.

Friday after our group walk of about 2 miles, we decided to work on Randy's fallen oak for a bit.

In this picture Rich and Randy are discussing how to best get the saw stuck in the tree....they did a good job.










We found some big critters in that tree, cockroaches the size of quarters and a big bug that looked like an over sized Junebug.











We did a short excursion to visit the Lane Peach Factory for Peach Cobbler.  This is one of our mandatory visits when in Georgia, the Pecans and Peaches are awesome.

We planned to visit the cafe where Fried Green Tomatoes was filmed so we all had to watch the movie to refresh our memories.

Some of us actually stayed awake through the entire movie.








On Saturday we wanted to walk but not in the neighborhood, so we all piled into the Falcon and headed about an hour north to High Falls State Park for a hike along the Towaliga River.












The Falls start from a man made damn and then cascade down rocks that are like large stairs.









The gang....the weather was perfect, sunny and 70s.



It was a nice hike, we even saw some large turtles lounging in the sun.







There are many places for good photos and you will find couples just sitting in the rocks enjoying the river.











After the hike we toured the campground looking for the dump station...in a RV you never pass up the opportunity. It is pretty nice for a state park, we then headed for the Whistle Stop Cafe for lunch.

We made a tactical error not realizing it was Saturday and it would be crowded with tourists. We put our name on a wait list and toured the area for over an hour and we were still #17 on the list...so we did not eat fried green tomatoes.  We did enjoy the town and did another hike about 1.5 miles round trip to the church and back...we had to see Ruth and Idgie's grave.






After the Whistle Stop we were all very hungry so sprinted home picked up Joe and head for Ran and Sue's favorite Mexican restaurant, La Cabana's. It was excellent.

It was kind of Lunch/Dinner and we left La Cabana's about 5PM and went back to the homestead for our daily game of Croquet.

Warning....Randy and Sue are pretty cut throat when it comes to Croquet...I visited the Ga-azaleas on more than one occasion.







After the yard games, we had a small fire.













The fire went well into the night and next day.









Sunday is going to be a slow day...I think....we will see.






































3 comments:

  1. Looks like a fun family time. I've never watched fried green tomatoes, and since it looked like only June was watching, I don't think I'll bother.
    I wondered where you were dumping.
    So when are you ending the easy life and heading north? I'll have to find something new to read with my coffee!

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  2. Rich looks like a giant in the group picture! Hello all!

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  3. June.. hope you bought enought peaches for that recipe :) - Liz

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