Riding North GA

Hit some new to us trails around Cloudland Canyon this past weekend.  Then headed over to Dry Creek for more single track fun.

 Lots of rain this year, so a little overgrown.

 Dry Creek area was in great condition.  We camped out and I had a wild boar visit my tent, while Shey slept soundly in the car.  Some protection he is.........

 If the bears are going to eat all the ripe blackberries, the least they can do is clear the thorny branches off the trail!

 More singletrack fun!

June happenings

Pork chops for Father's Day

 I bought some golf clubs from a little kid down the road and the guys refuse to play golf but instead use them as light sabers.

 I bought a skateboard....

 and LOVE it!  It's so much fun.  I ride it around Shey when he is on his trainer.

 Everett and I still hike together every week.

 Jansen and I found some cool albums at a antique store when we went to pick up a Martin guitar I bought.

 Shey and I explored the path around arabia mountain.

 Shey raced a night race at IHP.  Our race neighbor had this on his truck.

 They had a fog machine and cool decorations.  There were kids dressed as zombies in the woods.  I went for a night trail run and didn't know they were out there and scared the crap out of them.  It was funny.  I have never scared a zombie before!

 The full moon was fitting.

 Shey did several laps, then we headed home.

Anniversary weekend

Shey and I celebrated our 22nd wedding anniversary this year.

22 years of fun and sharing good times with my best friend.

Georgia isn't exactly where we had planned to live for the past 20+ years, so we haven't really taken the time to explore the towns in this state.  We thought now would be a good time to start.  Savannah was our destination.  There is a small historic district to walk around and there are a couple cool art shops.  "The Dude"

The architecture was interesting and I love the various town squares.

We smelled cigar smoke, but couldn't figure out who was smoking......

We didn't take our bikes, so we decided that we would run and/or swim each day.  We made some friends on our first trail run.

Much of the trail looked like this...........

It didn't take long to explore Savannah, so we headed to Tybee Island the second day.  We enjoyed walking the beach.  Fort Pulaski was a neat treat to see on the way back from the island.  They fired canons while we were there.

After stopping at the fort, we went for a long, flat, hot run along the waterway.

We did our best not to trample all the little crabs on the path.

We had our anniversary dinner at Bubba's  (Paula Dean's brother) cafe.  The food was awesome and we were happy to get into A/C.  Yummy pound cake with ice cream and strawberries for dessert.

All of our weekends are fun and this was no exception.  Good sites, good food and the best company!  Love you Shey!

Bathroom renovation

Jansen and I decided it was time to renovate their bathroom.  He wanted to get some projects done this summer before he started university, so we headed to Home Depot and Lowes.

We found a granite counter top that we like at Lowes, but it was an inch too wide.  I thought that would be okay.  When we took the old counter top off and set the new one of the cabinets, it was off center just a little and I knew that would bother me.  I looked up how to cut granite on youtube and we headed back to Lowes to buy a blade for the saw.  It worked great and the cut looked professional and I was very excited!

Jansen put all the glue and caulk in place.

Then he did all the plumbing work for the new faucets.

It looks awesome!  Now it's time to paint the ceiling and walls.