Where were we?

I know it has been a while, but in my defense, I haven’t been all that busy.  When we left our intrepid wanders they had used up all their vouchers in MO and were headed south and east again.

We did visit the Jack Daniels distillery, great tour and the booze isn’t bad either. 

I liked the roof framing and bracing

Our tour guide.  It's good to work at Jack Daniels.

 Then we drove a Chevy truck as we passed through Birmingham on our way to Tuscaloosa.  Nice but we really liked the ’08 Dodge 2500 we drove in Cottondale, AL after we got there.  So we bought it and now we are a caravan.

Jack and Sue Washburn took us in for Thanksgiving.  They just moved into their long time dream house on the lake.  That is their house on the lake; rather than their “lake house”.  The difference being the number of houses you own.  It has been a hoot.  We had the family thanksgiving with four generations of Washburns that really made us feel warm and welcome as well as stuffed.  Friday after Thanksgiving found Jack (Woofus) and yours truly standing in line for the Best Buy opening at 4:30AM in the pouring rain.  We were quite a ways back in the line, clear to the parking lot behind the building.  But we got in in with the first group and were on our way home with a new 55” flat screen for the basement rec room by 5:30.

The Washburne's "house on the lake"

The Washburne's "house on the lake" view of the dock from deck, backyard still under construction

 

The Washburne's "house on the lake", the upper deck.

Then we had to drive down to the stadium so Woofus could sell their season tickets and get back to the house for the 1:30 kickoff and party at their house.  Unfortunately, Bama did not prevail at the end of a Jeckel/Hyde game that saw two very different halves.  At least the rain quit before the game started.

Then there were two birthday parties for Camden.  One quiet one for just a few; and one with about forty with lots of kids.  Teri and I were busy at the car dealers finalizing our purchase for the big one, but we did get in on the cake.  The party had a “Roll Tide” theme. 

 Mix in several trips to the car dealer and the time seemed to fly by.  Note, when doing anything around here, take Sue with you.  It seems that she has delivered babies for just about everyone in the area.  Seems note worthy that she remembers them all and they are really glad to see her when she runs into them.  After she came with us to the car dealer and they caught up on all the grand babies, we were like family there.

We are getting close to the end of the trail for this trip.  Just a few stops around Atlanta and we’ll be back in Tuscaloosa where we can start outfitting for the next trip in the Spring.  Meanwhile, tricking out the new truck begins.

Stay safe, see you down the road.