We spent quality time together, enjoyed the beautiful mountain scenery which was breathtaking.
We saw someone had a pet goat on a leash by our lodge. Also one night 30 bats flew over our heads one by one while we were enjoying chatting, sitting on a bench at night. It was exciting yet creepy at the same time .
When we went shopping at Stater Brothers, the electricity was out because someone hit a pole down the street, we happened to pass by that area where the accident was. That was the first time I shopped in mostly the dark. They had a generator that turned on a little bit of dimmed lights.yet it was still funny. Everyone used their phones flashlights. Yet if It happened where i live, those stores would have closed the store and told everyone to go home.
Apparently they have an annual Labor day weekend yardsales through out that city. We went to tons of yardsales. Even the thrift stores had half off on some of them. We love to go to thrift stores and find good deals. The cool thing was we found a lot of neat stuff that would have been expensive in the regular stores. We even found an antique clock for $8 when it was actually worth 70. Both my hubby and i love to go thrifting. So we had lots of fun.
it was a memorable funny and fun loving time.we also ate out too much. There were times for dinner we stayed in our lodge and ate regular food in our room. It was a challenge to find foods at restuarants that I could eat.
I have been recuperating for the past 3 days and trying to get back on track. I have been sleeping a lot. Yet the trip was so worth it to have time with my hubby and I. Just the 2 of us was what we needed.
The weather was perfect in the mountains at an average of 84 degrees. (it was around 105 degrees where we live and 109 where my hubby worked so we were grateful to get out of the heat).
The tap water was so pure tasting. It didn't have a bitter taste nor did it taste like chlorine. I was amazed.
The air even seemed cleaner. I felt like I could breathe freely. The nature including the trees was beautiful. The funny thing was every time we drove on 2 certain streets, my eyes started tearing up. I don't know if there were particular trees or an allergy that I had, but it was funny, too me. We drove on those streets every day we were there and each time, my eyes got watery. Lol
There was another funny moment when we were looking for a street, we took a wrong turn and turned around in someone's drive way. Then the next day we were following gps again and we took a wrong turn and somehow ended up in the same drive way. So crazy since it was at 2 different destinations. Lol
The locals were friendly. We had several conversations with people who lived up in the mountains.
I was hoping to see many critters on the ground. I did see a pretty brown squirrel with a white chest and neck and looked like a white stripe of fur around his torso.
There were so many trees. Such breathtaking views. Oh and there was a lake yet it was not as big as it used to be. There were cute cabins everywhere.
We will definetly go back.
Oops I wrote a book. Lol
