(Pictures: #1 MA - Deriek & David; #2-3: VA- Sunrise; #4-6: VA Pink Cadillac Restaurant; #7-55: VA Virginia Safari Park; #56-63: TN; #64-68: Atlanta, GA)
Hi everyone....
It's been awhile since I have updated the blog...so here we go.....
10/05/07- Went to Oktoberfest in Pineville, NC- had a wonderful time....lots of music, eating, drinking, and dancing!!
10/12/07 - Left NC and head home to MA. Will go to pick up mom and take her to Uncle Danny's in FLA. Stopped in Westminster, MD and spent the night with my friend Deb. Our friend Barb stopped by and we surprised her- as she didn't know I was coming to town.
10/13/07- arrived back home.......did a little visiting and got a well needed oil change for the SUV.
10/20/07 - Mom and I took a trip up to Palmyra, ME to see family friends. We got a lot of "visiting" in while we were there. It was very special for me, as I hadn't seen many of these friends for almost 20 yrs!!! We stayed over night at a local motel. The next morning we had breakfast with Diane & Kendall, and one of their sons Deriek. While we were eating Deriek mentioned that he was upset because he had tickets for game 7 of the American League Series for Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Indians, and his brother backed out of going with him, late the previous night. I suggested he come back with us and we'd get him to Boston to see the game. He didn't want to go alone...I said, "if you wouldn't mind I'm sure my son Dave would love to go!" Well Deriek was very excited about this!!! LOL- so when we got back out into the parking lot, I called Dave and asked him what he was doing, and would he like to go to the game tonight? LOL-he wouldn't believe me.....so I put Deriek on the phone and let him explain the situation!!! SO OFF WE WENT- back to MA with another passenger in tow!! LOL. Dave & Deriek went to the game and they had a great time -as you can tell from picture above!! (Deriek in Blue- Red Sox shirt. Dave in Red- Red Sox sweatshirt), and of course the Red Sox's won!! Early the next morning (Monday) Mom & I drove Deriek into Boston, so he could catch the train back home. ***** Just a side note for those who may not know.....The Red Sox's went on to win the World Series against the Colorado Rockies!!!! WTG RED SOX!!!!!
11/03/07- Mom & I headed out for our trip to FLA. We left about 12 a.m. Saturday morning. We arrived in Mt. Jackson, VA around 1:30p.m.- we stopped here for the night.
11/04/07- back on the road early-stopped to do a tour of an exotic animal farm before we continued on. It was called: "Virginia Safari Park" located at 229 Safari Ln., Natural Bridge, VA. www.virginiasafaripark.com It was a lot of fun to see all the different animals. Mom seemed to really enjoy it too. It was a 3 mile drive thru park- where you fed the animals grain purchased from the park. We also came across a restaurant called the "Pink Cadillac"...we didn't stop in but pictures of this pink building with a pink Caddy parked out front!!! It was off the same exit as the Safari Park.
Ran into a detour in PA (due to a bad accident), but things moved right along. We finally landed in Crossville, TN at our friends the Worricks around 4:30 p.m.- we were both very tired and messed upwith the time change!! LOL We got doubled whammied LOL- Not only was it (fall back) DLS but we were now also in Central time!! So we gained two hours-It was weird.
11/05/07 We are now back on the road- We went thru the mountains again on our way to GA. We saw a street sign that had an unusual name- "Suck Creek Rd."- can you imagine writing that for an address!! LOL We stopped for the night in Macon, GA. We ate at a Mexican Restaurant called "El Azteca" located at 169 tom Hill Sr. Blvd. Macon, GA The food was very good and service was great- prices were reasonable. http://www.elaztecacantina.com/
11/06/07 We were back on the road early and making the last leg of our trip to Hudson, FL. We arrived in Hudson around 3:30 p.m. It was good to land for the day- It had been a very long trip.
I rested up for 3 days- as I was heading over to West Palm Beach to spend a couple of days with the Perez/Wombolt family, and see my dog MayMay.
I'll be back soon to finish updating the blog- Hope this note finds everyone doing well- Until next time- take care everyone!!- Love Donna
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