Friday, July 6, 2012

Road Trip 2012, part I.


With goals of retrieving Dots from camp in North Carolina and attending a wedding in South Georgia, Vivian and I set out bright and early on her 18th birthday (I should clarify that to say those were my goals; I think Vivian got into the car hoping I would take her to McDonald's).

Robert and I tried to get Vivian to open her presents (or even one present) that morning, but she refused saying, "It is not my birthday anymore."

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First of many fabulous pictures of state line signs taken while driving and not looking at the camera

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Why, it's the Mississippi River! The Mighty Mississipp

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We stopped in Jackson, Mississippi for lunch with my good friend Cynthia (sadly I neglected to take a picture) before driving on to Birmingham to spend the night with my friend Anne-Murray.

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Making progress

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Anne-Murray had bought a little cake for Vivian. At first Vivian balked when we tried to show it to her, but several hours later she asked, "May I count the candles?" and then she let us sing to her. Amazing!


Saturday afternoon Vivian and I drove to North Carolina. I completely dropped the ball and took no pictures of either the Georgia or North Carolina borders. But I drove safely at least!

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Vivian at dinner at the Cornucopia Restaurant in Cashiers, NC

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Picking up Dorothy at camp Sunday morning. This is the view from her cabin. Nice!

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Dorothy was much more interested in saying goodbye to her camp counselors and friends than she was in greeting Vivian and me

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Camp as viewed from the driveway (Notice the uptick in picture quality. Hooray! I now have a photography assistant to take pictures for me while I'm driving)

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Dorothy and her friend Cleary Gray at a pretty overlook on our drive to Atlanta

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This is what Vivian thought of the pretty overlook...


We spent three nights in Atlanta where I was able to visit with a lot of family and friends in addition to doing a little shopping and sightseeing. I especially enjoyed catching up with some old friends from high school, several of whom I hadn't seen in 30+ years.

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Dinner at my high school friend Nancy's house. Nancy has a beautiful backyard and a fabulous porch where Vivian and I enjoyed a nice dinner with her and her daughter Susan

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My girls at the World of Coca-Cola Monday afternoon

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Dots with one of her many samples in the tasting room

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Vivian quickly lost patience with the World of Coke but was placated (momentarily anyway) with some Sprite

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Dorothy's favorite band, One Direction, was in town, and we happened upon their bus leaving the Ritz-Carlton in Buckhead. Screaming girls lined the sidewalks!

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A camp friend invited Dots to the One Direction concert. She had a fabulous time

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Me with my church youth group friend, Judith


To be continued...

6 comments:

Chris said...

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Ally said...

Lovely!

Ally said...

Lovely!

DawnW said...

Hi Eloise! So great to have your blog posts back! You've been missed. I love your road trip so far!! Thanks for sharing!

Her Preppiness said...

Looks like a great trip!! Vivian looks wonderful

3 Peanuts said...

Dots camp looks awesome!!!! I m loving the road trip updates!!!