Month: November 2018

Thursday, November 22, 2018

Yesterday we had a relaxing morning and then went to Greenwood, SC to do a little shopping. They guys went to Harbor Freight and Tractor Supply. The girls went to the mall. We all had fun and of course the guys spent the most money. We stopped by Cookout for lunch on the way home. We all did our afternoon walking together. Randy has a trail around this property so we can walk a loop and get about 1000 steps per round. Between that and the walking when we were shopping we got our miles done for the day.

Today was another cool but nice day in Johnston. We had another wonderful day to spend with Randy and Debra. Special time to just work together and have fun. Anne and Debra cooked most of the day. The nieces and nephews are coming tomorrow so we prepared food today so we can visit tomorrow. Of course we also cooked our Thanksgiving meal which was not traditional but oh so good. We topped if off with Pina Colada cake. We need to go walk another five miles.

Randy and Max worked outside part of today trimming trees and taking trees down that were too close to the house. There was some high ladder work but they were very careful and they were very glad to have marked that off Randy’s to do list. Debra and Anne watched from the kitchen.

 

That’s about it for today. It was great family time.

Tuesday, November 20, 2018

We had no real schedule this morning and took our time getting ready to leave Gaffney. We had a little business to handle and went back to Sunny’s for more pastries. We stopped by the Freightliner office again to share and to set our appointment for next year. With that done we packed up and headed to Johnston, SC for the remainder of this week.

We had a very uneventful drive although a short section of traffic was bumper to bumper due to construction. We couldn’t help but think of yesterday’s accident, making us even more thankful for safe travel today. After getting Fred set up for the week, we began our purpose for the week – visiting with Randy and Debra. Mid afternoon we all went into Edgefield to get our exercise walking around this cute little town. They are working to restore the downtown area and are making great progress. For those who have been following us, you may recall that last visit in Johnston we visited the National Wild Turkey Federation located just outside the town of Edgefield. Since there are a lot of people who visit here because of the Federation’s location, the town has statues of turkeys all over town. Turkey’s are everywhere. We got a good walk and got to enjoy the quaint little town. Everyone was very friendly.

 

Back at home, Debra prepared us a great supper and we spent the rest of the evening enjoying our family. It was a wonderful day and we are looking forward to more relaxing and visiting over the next few days.

Monday, November 19, 2018

Another chilly morning followed by a gorgeous day. The trees around Gaffney are pretty now. Probably a little past peak but still nice.

We started the day by getting Fred checked in for his annual checkup with Freightliner. We then went to Sunny’s Doughnuts to get some great doughnuts for ourselves and enough to share with the Freightliner crew and other’s waiting in the service waiting room. Unfortunately, while we were waiting another RV owner came back in. He had just left and as he was merging onto the interstate an eighteen wheeler sideswiped him and kept going. The accident broke his mirror off, broke the windshield and caused body damage all down the side. Poor guy was really shaken up. The people at Freightliner really helped him out even though they don’t do that type of repairs. They helped him contact police and his insurance and suggested a good body shop and they let him leave the rig here until the body shop can begin the work. Good people here at the Gaffney Freightliner Service Center. The owner had a dash camera running when it happened and the state police were able to get the tag number from the video. The video also showed that the truck driver drifted across the white line into the RV’s lane. That’s why we travel with a dash camera.

After lunch we went shopping for a while. While Anne was shopping at Hamrick’s Max went walking to an old school nearby and did some geocaching. When he came back inside he took a walk through the “Gourmet” food section. We also had a beautiful sunset this afternoon while on our afternoon walk. Fred got a great report from his checkup. It was another good day.

Sunday, November 18, 2018

We had a restful day.  We walked a while this morning after it warmed up a little. Walking here is nicer because the college put in sidewalks so we don’t have to walk in the street. We went a local market for some peach ice cream and fruit (and found a geocache while there). We walked again this afternoon and watched our home church service online.  Other than taking care of some NOMADS and family business we just rested and enjoyed the day.