Come Monday

I had the best Sunday! Got up early and loaded up the girl with all the stuff she needs for a week away at camp. Since it is an hour and a half away, and she had to be there between 1 and 3, we went to church first. Scott rode with us, so we stopped about 30 minutes in for lunch. Savannah fell asleep in the car (surprise) and we were able to make good time- it is a pretty easy, mostly interstate, drive with not much traffic. So we leave the girl at camp and she barely said goodbye before she was gone.

So that left us the rest of the day with no plans. We had already agreed to wander around the mountains, but had no real idea where we were going. So coming out of the camp, there's this sign that says "Andrews Geyser >" so we decided to check it out. VERY neat. And apparently a Civil War battle site, too.

 

Wouldn't this look cool in the winter when it is frozen over?

We decided to head in the general direction of home- gas is too high to wander off too far. But we took the long, scenic route. Saw some pretty houses and beautiful country. (I love the mountains.) Coming back through Hickory, I said I needed to walk some more- we'd been in the car a pretty long time. So Scott says, wanna see the house I grew up in? Since I said sure, we head to the really nice part of town. It is an older house now but a nice cape cod. And he's reminiscing about what neighbor lived where, when he sees one. So we get out to talk. Then since I wanted to walk, we went to the park and spent about an hour walking on the trails over the river.

He's driving so I don't even have to worry about where we're going (except for how much gas my car is using, which I have decided not to worry about!) He left his phone at home but used mine to check in with his roommate, who asked if we wanted to go eat with him and his girlfriend. Who I know, believe it or not- it is still a fairly small town! And we know half of the people in the restaurant- more fodder for the rumor mill- but that's another story. So I got home at 9pm last night after the most relaxing, enjoyable day I can remember in awhile! I'll give you the relationship details later. Let's just say we had a long, long time to talk and I'm soooo happy to have a best friend who totally understands me!