Second day on Georgia Mountain Vacay - 9/10/20

 

Second day - Thursday 9/10 - Pics are in proper order!

We took a short drive to check out another RV Resort that is new within the last year. It is called "Willow Valley RV Resort". There wasn't too much to it. I know it's new, but it just looked kinda "blah".

Later, we drove to Franklin, NC to visit a brewery there called "The Lazy Hiker". Dogs were allowed, so we took Levi. He was a little confused. LOL! This was his first time being at a restaurant type place. We really enjoyed the beer! We both got a different IPA.

We found a place to get lunch that allowed dogs on the patio, as well. I forgot to take a picture. It was called "Motor Grill" and had a 50's vibe. We split a burger and fries and it DELICIOUS! Levi got his own dog bowl with water and we shared a few fries with him :)

From Franklin, we drove through the mountains towards Highlands, NC. 

The drive was VERY pretty!! I tried to get photos of the river and rapids as we drove, but never really got any good shots. We did get a couple of photos of Bridal Veil Falls. (It was right there beside the road!) We had planned to stop and walk to Dry Falls, but the parking lot was full and there was no place to park our big truck. :(

We also planned to visit another brewery in Highlands, but we had a hard time finding it and also David was feeling car-sick from the winding roads! :( 

Sooo... we went back to the campground.

I found out the next day that that brewery wasn't even open on Thursdays.

North Georgia Mountains - Small Vacay - September 2020

 

Our first day at RIVER VISTA RV RESORT, Dillard Georgia - Wednesday 9/9/20

These pics are in backwards order! So.. start from the end and scroll up!

                                            Our campsite - #74 (our favorite!)

This is the outdoor pool. The indoor pool/spa is in the building to the left, behind umbrellas. The activity building is in the center, across the street.

These pics are from our walk through the cabin section (Falls View). These cabins and sites are personally owned. Some are for sale. 

This is an RV site with covered area and storage/laundry building for sale. 

A look down one of the streets in Falls View

Gorgeous mountain views! 

This is an RV covered site with storage building. It's also for sale.

Looking back at the campground/RV resort from Falls View.

David doing his typical walking ahead of me!! :( 

The hill getting from the campground to Falls View is a killer!

Wild flower garden

Walking through the campground

Our 5th Wheel and campsite - #74

I like it because it is a corner lot and faces the street. I also love this tree! 

A to Z Blog Challenge - Round 2 - Letter D

 I have chosen the word

Here is my (sort of) dog, Levi... 

I must warn you. This is not a very "happy" post. 

You might be wondering why I said, "sort of" above.

Levi is a sweetheart. I love him! BUT>>>> he has become my husband's dog. Levi mopes around the house until his "daddy" comes home. It's pathetic!! Then, when daddy comes home... it's like someone turned on his "happy switch"!! Of course.. David gives him so much attention, I can't blame Levi for getting so excited. 

Let me be honest...

Levi gets MOST of David's love and attention and I get the leftovers. It sounds stupid, but it's not. My therapist explained to me that David feels "safe" giving Levi so much attention because it's so easy to make a dog happy. I'm probably not explaining that quite right. Levi gets fed special food. He gets brushed and combed and petted NON STOP!! He gets rubbed and talked to so sweet. 

Me?? I get a sad grumble that is IF I get spoken to at all! And touched?? ME??? Nope. I get a light hug and a "peck" of a kiss. 

Well.. Levi just ran to the door to greet his Daddy!! Wahooo!! Let the happy times begin!! NOT!

A to Z Blog Challenge - Round 2 - Letter C

Today's word is ... Calendar

First... here is the link to my post back in 2010 - Click HERE

I like the way I looked in the first photo! I can tell that I was a lot thinner. Wish I could be thinner again. Siiiggghhh....

Anyway..... I have a "thing" for Calendars. Whether it be... wall calendars. Desk calendars. Planners with calendars. Pocket size calendars. You name the type and I'll most likely have one! Well... actually.. I'll have one of EACH!!! LOL 

Right now, I have the following... 

- a wall calendar in my kitchen. I got it for a Christmas gift last year from my youngest daughter. She made it online and it has family pics for each month. I love it!

- a desk pad calendar. It is one of Susan Branch's OH-SO-CUTE! designs. I love it!

- a BIG daily agenda planner with monthly calendars. I don't use this one like I should. I will write out my agenda (if I have one) for the day and 9 times out of 10... I won't even look at it during the day! But... I love it!

- a pocket sized calendar for my purse. I haven't been using this one as much this year because I haven't had as many doctor's appointments and other "appointments" as I was having. I'm sure the main reason that I'm not using it as much as I am at home more now than I used to be. -- Thanks, Covid-19!! 😠

I feel like I'm forgetting one. But.. that's all I can think of. 

Calendars have always been a love of mine. I keep a lot of my calendars and agenda books because they usually have so much information written on them. They are kinda' like a journal in their own way. 

One of my favorite calendars that I have is one from my teenage years. I think it's from 1981! I dated several different boys that year. ( I was like.. 16 years old!) I colored coded each boy because I I kinda' saw dated more than one at a time. (oops!) 

I don't remember what color each boy was... but, I can remember which boys were on there! - Timmy, Mark & David. And... maybe... Jimmy & Darryl. I can't remember for sure. LOL! That was a fun year. 😁

A to Z Blog Challenge - Round 2 - Letter B

Well... once again, my blog post from 10 years ago corresponds with what's happening in our crazy world right now! WOW! My word back then was BECK for "Glenn Beck". Take a look at the reason why HERE.  No worries. I won't be writing on that subject today or anything along those lines. 😉

My word for today is BOY! 

That is a strange word around my house. Why?? Because for years... the only "boys" in my house were my husband and our dog(s)! 

BUT... early next year... we will have a new GRANDSON!! He will be the first BOY! We have two beautiful daughters and two precious grand "girls". My husbands brother even has two girls! 

Having a little boy in the family will be so different! We keep saying.. "We don't know what to do with a boy!" But, I'm sure we'll get used to it REAL FAST! 

A to Z Blog Challenge (2) - Letter A

 It's really interesting that in 2010, my word was ALONE. (LINK) It's interesting because ten years later... I could have written this exact post! I'm not sure why I felt so alone back then, but I KNOW why I feel that way now. 

Anyway... My word for today is... ART.

You could have probably guessed that one! LOL!

I truly am enjoying being back into it. Painting and creating... along with writing... are my passions. They bring me joy and take my mind off of the things that have me stressed or down. I am in my own world while I am painting.

I've actually been doing it on and off again for about a year, but during this Covid-19 Pandemic CRAP... I have really been enjoying it! 

God tells us to find Joy in ALL THINGS. Well.. there you go! Painting is the joy that I have found through this pandemic, crazy MESS that we are living in this year! 

That makes me think of another word that I could have used for the letter "A" --- AMERICA. I won't go into just "what" I would write about it, because I might use those thoughts for when I get to the letter "U" for United States of America. (If I can remember to!)

Anyway... back to ART. 

I guess you can say that I have always loved art. I can remember way back to when I was little and I had drawn a very colorful picture that was nothing but one big line, drawn with a black crayon or marker, that swirled around and made lots of small sections that I colored in with every different colored crayon that I had. (I'll have to make one and come back and insert it here to show you.) I can remember my mom showing it to one of her friends and her friend thought it was so beautiful and said that I should make more, frame them and sell them. 

I wish I still had that piece of "artwork". I probably WOULD frame it and hang it on my wall! Hmmm.... maybe I'll frame the one that I make and just do that, for the memory! 

In high school, I took every art class that I could!! I learned to draw and to use acrylic paints. I did other things as well, but those are the two that interested me the most. I'm pretty sure that I didn't learn about watercolor or oil painting. 

I went on to go to the Art Institute of Atlanta to study "Commercial Art". I didn't stick with it, though. I learned real quick that I was NOT as good at art as I thought I was! 

Through the years, I have done many types of art. When my girls were little, I painted on t-shirts and sweatshirts for them. I made them for gifts as well. 

My mom was an artist. She did some BEAUTIFUL work!!! So detailed!! I am thankful to have several of her pieces! She took some classes at an art school after high school, as well.

My daughter, Ashley.. is also an artist. She took art classes in high school and went on to study Art Education in college. She does BEAUTIFUL work, as well!! I am also thankful to have many of her paintings. 

I'm not sure if being artistic is an inherited trait, or not. BUT... in my book... I would say it is! I think I have proof! 😊

A to Z Blog Challenge - Round 2!

HOLY COW!!!! 

It's been almost TEN YEARS (by about a month!!) since I started the 

A to Z Blog Challenge, 

back on August 30, 2010! I was struggling with what to write about this morning and decided to bring the challenge back!!! 😃

Click on the link above to see what this is all about! 

And then... come back and read my first post for Round 2!

I will also give a link to the Letter of the Day from 2010, just to compare, but I won't use the same word twice.