Road Trippin'

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Let see... no home game this Saturday and the awesome not-hot-not-humid fall weather has arrived. Days are comfortable and nights are brisk. The evening air smells of fireplaces. Our leaves haven't turned, but they're thinking about it. October is the unofficial start of bourbon season (or single malt scotch season if you are PDM), plus Oktoberfest means lots of tasty beers to sample - it seems like every small brewery is making a seasonal brew. And as Dave and Jim both pointed out, it is a great time to make hearty soups.

How to celebrate all this autumn goodness? Road trip! We're headed south to roam around Roosevelt State Park and Callaway Gardens, and we'll be ditching work on Monday to make a long weekend out of it. Ahhhhh.

The Road Less Traveled

Went on a road trip last weekend with Mom. We visited Warm Springs and Pine Mountain/Callaway Gardens. There wasn't a convenient interstate route from A to B, and that was just fine with us. Our country road trip was very pleasant. Hardly another vehicle on the road. Slowed down a few times going through a small town, and there were some traffic lights here and there, but all in all it was an enjoyable journey.

The interstate might have saved us twenty or thirty minutes, but the trip would have been far less memorable. I'd rather enjoy the journey.

Try it sometime. You might be surprised.

Goin' to 'Nooga

Gas prices be damned... we're going on a road trip! We haven't visited PDM's brother and his family in several years, so we invited ourselves over. We'll hang out with them for the weekend. Then on Monday when they go to work, we will head over to the Tennessee Aquarium to see some fishies before we head home.

PDM and I are both "on vacation" all of next week. We decided against travel (other than this weekend's jaunt). Instead, we plan to use the time to work on the house and yard. Don't worry -- it won't be all work and no play. There are a couple of flicks we want to see (Prince Caspian and the new Indiana Jones movie), and I am sure we'll find the time to go to the pub now and then. Just not having to work for the next ten days will be a treat.

Hopefully the cats won't trash the place while we're gone. See ya in a few days!