Mountain Weekend

I just got home from a lovely long weekend in the mountains of North Georgia with some of my Florida cousins. We had such a fun weekend absorbing the peace that I always find there. It is TRULY my favorite place on earth - and I treasure every moment there. Lucky me - I'm heading back in just a few weeks for a whole WEEK - and I can't wait!


I had fun with my cousins, going out to eat, spending a VERY hot afternoon in Helen looking for the hot-air balloon festival that we never could find. We had some good conversation, lots of laughs, and made some plans for future get-togethers too. I'm going to make a trip to Tallahassee next spring to visit them - something I haven't done for a number of years, and it's about time. I grew up with these cousins, and love the fact that we still manage to reconnect at least once a year.


We had one close call that now is a bit funny. I was driving my car with cousins in the front seat beside me and in the back seat, and the biggest dang bird I've EVER seen flew right in front of my windshield. We all screamed - and I threw up my hands in the air (like that was going to help). I don't know how we managed to NOT hit the thing and have it come crashing through the windshield. Fortunatly no harm done - but MAN that scared me - all of us. I think it was a buzzard or turkey vulture or something similar - I could see individual black feathers, it was that close! Of course, afterwards we were able to laugh about it, but for a few minutes there......