This past weekend was spent in the car, driving all around North Georgia. My sisters-in-law Tammy, Missy and their freinds, Mark and Sharon, had planned a surprise birthday party for Cindy for her 50th birthday. In order to work the surprise, I had arranged to meet Andrea and Larry, obstentiously to execute their wills. Since I was supposed to meet them later in the afternoon, I told Cindy we could drive around North Georgia until it was time to go meet with Andrea and Larry. Kate met with us in Helen, after some time trying to awaken her from her deep sleep caused by her uncanny ability to stay up late with her freinds and sleep late afterward. About 10:15 edt, we finally woke her up and she got in the shower to drive to meet us.
Cindy and I stopped at every little store, flea market and vegetable stand in order to kill time while Kate wound her way to Greenville and down, dodging the game day traffic around Clemson and other places as USC fans drove down to Athens for this weekend's game. She actually made good time and met us in a little cafe on the Chattahoochee River in Helen about thirty minutes after we got a table.
We ate lunch and then wound our way around North Georgia, until we finally got to Mark and Sharon's place about 7:00 o'clock edt. Cindy was shocked by the surprise and it was a nice party. We got to bed at a motel nearby around 12:17 in the morning.
The next morning, we got up, took showers, dressed and drove back to Mark and Sharon's house for breakfast. After helping Mark get the tables and chairs into his van for transport, Cindy and I drove Tammy to the airport for a flight to New York.
We had just dropped off Tammy at the Delta check-in, when we got a cell phone call from Kate, who had had a blowout on I-85, north of Dacula. We quickly turned around and headed back up to North Georgia. We made it to Dacula and found Kate and were fortunate to find a mechanic who was open seven days a week. We left the car to have the tire fixed and went to eat lunch in the area. After a little impromptu shopping on behalf of Kate, we got in the respective cars and headed back to Griffin (Kate to Clinton). About the time we got home to Griffin, we called Kate to find that she had been rear-ended by a lady in Greenville, who sped away as soon as the accident took place. Kate could find no serious damage, so she headed on to Clinton.
That was our weekend. Way too much driving, but a lot of fun, anyway. We are going to Greenville to see Kate this weekend and we are probably going to Dahlonega in a couple of weekends from now. Autumn is coming. It is getting cooler and people are hanging out up in the mountains. It is a lot of fun.
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