From Bristol to Savannah

Had an absolutely wonderful time in Bristol, TN with my dear friend Paule Sue.  She lives up on a ridge just north of where the Smokies and the Blues come together.  Here is a look at the view from her deck..this is looking south with the Smokies in the distance:

Sue has a bird feeder and I was fascinated to see all the different birds that came to the feeder.  There were young male Cardinals:

Young male Cardinal at the feeder

Unfortunately, the colors didn't come through; the young males Cardinals get some red feathers in and sort of molt off the old brown feathers, so they're sort of marbled.  The red is really bright though.
Beyond the birds, the beautiful landscape and the beautiful home, the peace and the cats were the main things I noticed.  There is absolutely no traffic noise unless a truck comes up the hill below Sue's home.  We had a wonderful time reconnecting and I had a great time seeing Sue and Sandi connect! Sue now has a new big sister.  We hated to leave, however we had promised ourselves Savannah and a meal at "The Lady and Sons," Paula Deans restaurant in Savannah.  We got to our motel (which was a little south of Savannah) and then drove to the visitors center in Savannah.  We were able to park for $2.00 and go on the City Trolley Tour.  Here are a few pictures from Savannah!

The tour was really good and the dinner was even better! Sandi took me to "The Lady and Sons" restaurant for dinner as my belated birthday present.

Sandi and Carol with Paula Dean

Tony, our waiter (WONDERFUL GUY!)

Carol and Sandi eating dinner

The deadly dessert tray (the buttery cake is to die for!)

To prove we were really there!

Today, we drove from Savannah to Jacksonville.  The drive was really nice with the puffy, puffy clouds piling up...yes.  Anyway, we got turned around looking for the correct street because...Google hadn't updated the maps and the subdivision had changed considerably.  I called Ray and got his directions over the phone and then wound up calling him again because it wasn't working out! We finally got "found", got into Ray's car and went to my grandson Justin's football game.  Oh, be still my heart! The game wound up tied, 12 - 12.  We had 3 touchdowns nullified because (I feel) the ref was bought out by the opposing team! Anyway, the tie had them trying to win in the last 10 yards of the field.  The opposing team had 4 downs to get in the end zone but were unable to do so; therefore, we had 4 downs to do the same.  If the opposing team had made a touchdown, we would only have had 1 down to win...we had 4 and we did it in 3.  Justin's team, the Oakleaf Knights, won by a score 

of 18-12.  YEA!!!!!

#80 IS Justin Ryan Eckersley (in case you couldn't guess)

We all had dinner at a wonderful pizza place and have come home so I can do the blog, Justin can play video games with his dad and Sandi and I can crash - which I am about to do.  So, good night, my friends.  Sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite (did you know they came over with the settlers from England?????) and I will fill you in with more tomorrow...or the day after...I am on vacation, you know!