Time with Bob and Peggy: 2014

By now you know we try to "get lost" during the week while the kids work and Nicholas goes to school.  That way we also get to spend time with our friends while in America.  A win-win.

It so happens we LOVE going to the Home-Sweet-Home of Bob and Peggy,

something we've been doing for several years now.

Peggy had already told us Bob had a new toy, so that was one of the first items of business!

It's a 1951 beauty, fit for a man who loves cars!

Since there had been a huge rain the day before, we walked down the road

to see what was left of a large oak that fell.

Bob had already managed a load of firewood but Peggy was hoping for an end table?

Someone else, sadly, beat her to the punch.

But that didn't keep us from enjoying a happy hour off the balcony

(with fresh figs from their own tree).

Nor am I embarrassed to say one of our best memories is the meals we share with them.

(That's cold peach soup, btw!)

If you don't like guns, you can skip this part,

but one day Bob and Astrid went pistol shooting (with a safety lesson at home first).

This happened while Peggy and I were shopping for quilt fabric farther away.

I would have loved being a fly on the wall at the pistol range.

I think Bob was impressed that Astrid could keep up with him.  :)

Lucky for us, we were all together to see the full moon Tuesday night, October 7th.

We got up at 6 the next morning to see the Blood Moon from the lunar eclipse (bottom-right).

Talk about a thrill, from beginning to end (all hand-held).

All of that was close to home...before going out-n-about!

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Did you know that Oliver Hardy was born in Harlem, GA, in 1892?

(Stan Laurel was born in Lancashire, England, in 1890.)

The Laurel & Hardy Museum is 115 miles from Bob and Peggy's house.

Admission is free.

 To say it was a photo op is an understatement.

See what I mean?  HA!

How can you not smile surrounded by Laurel and Hardy memorabilia!

We then got back in the car and drove 100 miles to Monticello, GA, back towards home....

...to visit the courthouse where My Cousin Vinny was filmed in 1992.

We had watched the movie the night before to reacquaint ourselves with the details.

Even though the story took place in Alabama, the filming took place in Monticello, GA.

(That was also the case with Fried Green Tomatoes, remember?)

Right there on the square, across from the courthouse, we ate grilled-chicken sandwiches.

Sometimes you just have to eat comfort food from the South.  It was not fast food, btw.

 As we continued towards home, we found the Sac-O-Suds convenience store,
 a 10-minute drive from the Monticello courthouse.
If you don't know why this is important, you'll need to watch the movie...again.

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On our last full day with Bob and Peggy, we went to nearby High Falls St. Park.

And guess who got to go with us!  Roscoe, the dog.

When was the last time YOU had a good, old-fashioned picnic?

 Only one part of the dam was releasing water over it but off we went anyway for a walk...

...and found a delightful show of rapids to welcome us.

Located NW of Macon, High Falls State Park is named for tumbling cascades on the Towaliga River.

And because Peggy had a new camera, we had many eyes to see it all.

I just LOVE walking through the woods, don't you?

(And even though I'm having a left-knee replacement in January, I managed just fine.)

You know me:  nothing stops me from doing what I want to do!

Especially when you can cool off afterwards!

We ALL had ice cream, btw...not just Roscoe.  But he was the most fun to watch.

How's that for another year!  THANK YOU, Bob and Peggy!

See why we keep going back?