Last night over a fine dinner at Monterreys in Blythewood, Ashley and I came up with an idea for a vacation in 2010. Due to Ashley’s schedule, we may not be able to do our normal summer vacation, so we are thinking about taking a ROAD TRIP up the east coast all the way to Maine and back.
So give us some help. Where are places between here and Maine that we have to go to? We’d like to hit Boston, DC, Baltimore (we’ve got good friends there), anywhere in Maine, and who knows what else.
Leave some comments and let us know!
Filed under: Ramblings
The past 2 weekends have been just about as good as it gets.
To start out, Ashley and I left Columbia on Christmas Eve and drove to Gatlinburg, Tennessee for a Christmas vacation all by ourselves. After the crazy months we had in November and December, we needed some time to reconnect in a major way.
- We stayed at a cabin in Wears Valley right on the edge of Great Smoky Mountain National Park from Thursday to Sunday. We slept almost 12 hours each night, ate out at some incredible restaurants, read books, and basically did absolutely nothing. We had planned on going hiking and doing a few other things, but each time we agreed that we would rather just stay in the cabin and not go anywhere. Here are a few pics from the weekend.
- One other fun thing we got to do before Christmas was to provide some bluegrass music for a Christmas party. Easily one of the highlights of December. Here are a few pics from that night.
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- Appalachain Trail at Newfound Gap
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- downtown G-Burg
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- nice hot fire
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- our nice little cabin
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- Please notice the awesome nativity scene in the background
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- For New Years, we each worked a half day on New Years Eve, ate lunch together at Sandy’s Hot Dogs. We had a great party with some Midtown folks where we fortunately weren’t killed by any of the fireworks, and then once again did nothing Friday Saturday and Sunday. We slept, watched movies, read, ate some great chili, had lunch with Ashley’s family at Hudson’s, and watched more movies.
- *Funny story from lunch at Hudson’s* – A waitress comes up while both of us are sitting there, and asks Ashley, “Hey, don’t you sing at midtown? You have an awesome voice and I just wanted to tell you that.” Yup, not sure she even recognized me. I wish that you could have seen how hard Ashley was laughing while this girl was trying to talk to her. God knows how to keep me humble. This happens often in our relationship – and I agree 100%, her voice and looks are much more memorable than mine!
God is incredibly gracious to Ashley and I. I’m so thankful to have such a wonderful wife and I’m also incredibly thankful for the time of rest that he has provided for each of us. I’m ready to roll again!
