13-Sea to Sea (Honeymoon revisited)

Week 13

Days 85 to 91 of a 100 day 

mega road trip across Canada 

…and then some!

Day 85 ~ Oct 20th

North Carolina

The Cherokee Ward.  

Where you know which are Primary classrooms...

Sunday dinner with kind Brother & Sister Cooper 

(Hotel/Restaurant owners).  Real southern food & hospitality.

Our lodging tonight is a quaint isolated cabin in the woods 

of the Blue Ridge Mountains.  Two obvious problems.  

Ants & hornets adorn the walls.  Crazy adorable!

This quote (and other quotes) from today's 

Sunday School lesson spoke to me.

"Let every man (woman) be faithful and very diligent in keeping the commandments of God, and cultivate the desire to do good to those around  him; and if, in reflecting on the past, we find we have not acted strictly in accordance with the dictates of our consciences and duty, let us make ourselves right before God and man, that we may be prepared for every event that may transpire."    ~Lorenzo Snow

Find joy in your journey.

P.S.  Happy birthday to Kim!!!

Day 86 ~ Oct 21st

Scenes from Sweet Carolina

Good times never seemed so good.

P.S.  Happy 12th birthday dear Samantha!!!

Day 87 ~ Oct 22nd

One Christmas I received a 2,000 piece puzzle and I thought, 

"when will I ever have time to build this ridiculous thing?!"

Well, 25 years later, today was such a day.   

And we hiked to 3 NC waterfalls...

Rainbow Falls

Turtleback Falls

Whitewater Falls - the tallest in the Eastern U.S. (404 feet)

We revisited the BBQ restaurant where we ate our first lunch 

together in Cashiers, NC as newlyweds 17 years ago.

Still just as finger lickin' outrageous. 

Such a delicious day!!!

P.S.  Happy, happy birthday to Tom!

Day 88 ~ Oct 23rd

Today was a long driving day from Cashiers, NC to Hilton Head Island, SC.  

We protected our necks as we drove through Transylvania County.

View from Chimney Rock, NC (500 steps up from the parking lot).

We've seen gas even lower, at 3.059.  What's not to love?  Our fill ups in Canada were $80.  

P.S.  We can't think of anyone's birthday today.  But it is our anniversary eve!

P.P.S.  Four of you noticed or commented that Lane's beard has disappeared.  He's been clean shaven since October 4th.

Day 89 ~ Oct 24th

The big 17!!!

Oh, to be young again...

For your support we will forever be grateful!

Marking 17 memorable years!

Day 90 ~ Oct 25th

Four nights in one place…it feels wonderful.  

We must be getting ready to settle down.

We'll be home in 2 weeks…love, Momma C & Dad L

PS  Happy birthday to our g'son Josh!!!  

Day 91 ~ Oct 26th

 Today was our last full day in South Carolina.

 

Here is our favorite alligator, as seen from our kitchen window.

Ooooh…spanish moss draping over the sprawling oak trees.  

Romantic by day and spooky by night.

This is the iconic lighthouse in Harbor Town, Hilton Head Island.

Now...

 …and then.

Hilton Head is famous for it's pristine golf courses and renown 

for it's exclusive Golf Clubs. We located the very one we played 

on in 1996 where Lane says I whomped him. Today he 

massacred me by 9 stokes.

Somethings never change. Lane keeps getting better and better.

May the same be true for each of us.  

Tomorrow we drive to Orlando in anticipation 

of the arrival of Cam, Callie and their 

families for our Florida fantastical adventure!

P.S. No birthdays today…but Ava's is getting 

so close I can almost taste those cupcakes!

Next week:  DISNEYWORLD