Happy Halloween!

Gene is in Illinois enjoying Halloween with the grandkids! He is spending time with Mario, Luigi and the Princess!

This is Aaron and his best friend Jake

Princess Sarah, minus the gummy bear vitamin that has been lodged in her nose for a month.

I am living in Halloween Hell in Benham. Daddy is mad and wants to go home (he is home) and is threatening to call the police on me. This has been going on for hours. I have tried every tactic I have read about to get this off his mind, but he won't quit fussing! Mother also thinks that she should go home. Wants me to call her brother to come and get her! I wish I was in "THE HOME"! And to add salt to the wound, I have a viral infection and have to wear this mask in the house with the elderly parents. Hard to breath, hard to sleep with this on my face!

Any Day Now!

Well, anyday now my nephew, Chuck, will be a daddy for the first time. I am ready, just need to know the day!

Sweet Baby Faces

Back to the Same Old Grind

Well, our vacation is over. I always have mixed feelings about coming home. I sure could have stayed another week.

We started our vacation at the Aiken State Park in Aiken, SC. My nephew lives close to this park and DH had never been to visit them, so we thought this would be a good time. This is probably the smallest and most isolated park that we have ever camped in. It was so far out that we had absolutely no cell service. With my parents current condition, it makes me really nervous to be out of touch.


It is a small but beautiful park. We were in site 16. The campground was almost full, mostly by tenters. It has a beautiful river that flows through it and they rent canoes and kayaks. We didn't have time while we were there to float down it, but it sure looked beautiful. We just stayed in this park for 2 nights. Most of the other campers were locals and they were all so nice. I am always amazed at how nice the people in the south are. They love to talk to you and will go out of their way to help you.

This is the hiking trail. It was funny but we got lost really bad trying to find the campground when we arrived and when we went on the hiking trail we got lost again!
This is the kayak route. It was beautiful.

While we were visiting my nephew he took us to Augusta to their River Walk area. I had been there several times, but Gene had not. It was so pretty.

We went to the Augusta National Golf Club, unfortuately we couldn't get in because we aren't memebers. I didn't see Tiger Woods anywhere!



Our first day in Charleston we toured Fort Sumter, the Yorktown (which is a huge maritime museum) and the submarine. In the background is the Charleston Bridge.

Fort Sumter

The Submarine

I am not claustrophobic, but I don't see how anyone stood being on a submarine! Charleston is a beautiful town!

And, I don't see how they landed planes on this ship! Here are some random shots of James Island County Campground and Folly Island Beach. We have declared this our favorite campground!

Although, we had a few gliches on this vacation..like our truck not running good and some health concerns for some family memebers, we had a great time! I was disappointed though, because we rode bikes and walked for miles and miles, didn't eat any snacks and we both stil gained weight! I guess it could have been the shrimp in grits with gravy and bacon! My favorite southern low country dish....OMG, it is sooooo good!