Friday, September 26, 2025
Goodness. It’s been a month since we blogged anything. Let’s see if we can get you caught up. We returned to Randy and Debra’s on Sunday, August 24th. We spent the next week getting caught up with each other and enjoyed a visit to Hopelands Gardens in Aiken, SC. Great gardens if you are ever in the area. There are huge 100 year old oak and magnolia trees on the 14 acre estate. Another place we should have visited earlier. We had a traditional Labor Day of cooking on the grill and making home made ice cream.
After that we were concerned that BB needed some exercise, so on September 2nd we drove BB to Cades Cove in Smokey Mountains National Park. We always enjoy our time at Cades Cove. There are no hookups but that’s fine with us for a few days. We rode our bikes around the loop on Wednesday when it is closed to vehicular traffic and the other days we drove the loop multiple times. We saw eight bears during our time there – always exciting. We knew it was going to be a good visit when there were two bears in the woods across the road from our camp site when we arrived. We enjoyed our week of hiking and relaxing and returned to South Carolina on Sunday refreshed and BB was in good shape.
On September 11th we drove Fred back to Camp Sumatanga in Alabama. We had doctor and dentist appointments and some business to handle and in between doctor visits we enjoyed visiting with friends. One day we helped friends with building a deck and another day we enjoyed hiking at Big Canoe Creek Nature Center in Springville. Great hiking! All was well with the medical stuff and we enjoyed the peaceful time at Sumatanga. So good to attend our church and visit with friends. It had been too long since we had been back to Alabama. We will try to do better. Until next time, stay safe!
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