Our first full day in Dillard, GA, was a great one. We spent the afternoon hiking to Mud Creek Falls, and then along the trail there. The falls were just beautiful, and truly breathtaking. Here I am standing in front of them to show just how big they really were.
We walked on down the trail, where I got this picture of Jeff on the footbridge. Such a great afternoon, and an absolutely gorgeous day to be outside in the mountains.
Yesterday Jeff & I left to spend a vacation week in Dillard, GA – our timeshare vacation over the summer was cancelled, of course, and we had to go somewhere before the end of the year. We didn’t want to go too far, or any place that would be too crowded, so thought we’d give Dillard a try. On our way out of town, though, we stopped by Penland Christmas Tree Farm where Mallory has her first paying job ever, as the hot chocolate server. She looked so cute and her hot chocolate was delicious :-). She was wearing a mask when we got there, but took it off for her photo op.
From there we hit the road for Georgia. I got this picture from our balcony after we got checked in. Beautiful views, and you can hear the church chimes ringing from our room. Very cool.
What a great day we had Saturday, when we gathered with my siblings and a tiny bit of their families to celebrate our Christmas. We partied outside and spent a lot of the day masked, to keep everyone as safe as possible. Here we are praying before we ate our usual delicious potluck breakfast.
The traditional Big Six picture. We had just gotten the instruction to take off our masks for one picture 🙂
Much smaller group than we usually celebrate with, but so thankful for the ones who were here. It was a great day.
One group shot and one of our beautifully set table, courtesy of my dear friend Becky. What a beautiful day we had.
Catching up on pix from this past week. Thursday was a special day. My friend Charlotte and I rode in one car; Sherry and Evelyn rode with Pam in another – to help with social distancing – and we met Becky at Blowing Rock Park in the mountains for a picnic and to spend the afternoon. The views from the overlooks were gorgeous.
Looking up at Blowing Rock from the walkway underneath it. Just a lovely place.
Evelyn & I wanted to get away from the winding mountain roads before dark, so we took a few final looks at the views from Pretty Place Chapel, and headed on home. So lovely.
We did stop at Caesar’s Head for a late picnic lunch on our way down the mountain. I hadn’t been there in a long, long time. It’s still beautiful.
Our next stop of the adventure Evelyn & I took to the mountains was at Poinsett Bridge. This was a bridge that was built over Big Gap Creek in 1820, so 200 years ago this year, along the old wagon road from Greenville to Asheville. It was such a cool thing to see, and also very cool to walk along that old roadbed.
Our final destination for the day was Pretty Place, formally named the Fred Symmes Chapel at the YMCA Camp Greenville. I had heard about how beautiful it was, and it did not disappoint. I loved this plaque on the wall and you were walking through the doorway.
You know I do love a good outing, and they have been in pitifully short supply during this Covid year. This morning, though, my friend Evelyn and I hit the road early to spend the day in the SC mountains. Our first stop was the Campbell’s Covered Bridge – the only covered bridge left in SC. It was so a beautiful day to be outside, and the bridge was beautiful, too.
The only thing left of the house and store that stood on the site was the rock foundations, which have been turned into sort of a picnic area. The sign said the man who built it had put interesting formations into the rock, and we found one of them here, with the circle of stones. We’re not sure what this circular area was originally, but thought the circle of stones in the floor was pretty cool.
