Habersham Harvest Festival 2024

Lindsay brought the Grandkids and the dogs so that we could all attend this year's Festival. It seems to be getting bigger and bigger every year. We arrived at the carnival as the rides opened on Saturday morning. There were no lines. That allowed me to spend maximum money in minimum time. Jamie was at a NASCAR race in Atlanta so he was not in attendance. Seems like that race is always the exact same weekend as the Harvest Festival. Quite a coincidence. Today is Sunday. We have put the house back together and all is well. Halloween is next. CANDY!

Fort Mill HS Homecoming 2024

Jenny and I were invited to observe the festivities surrounding the Fort Mill Homecoming. Aubrey was in the Homecoming Court and the twins performed as members of the Fort Mill dance team. The football team wasn't successful against Rock Hill but we weren't embarrassed. 

On the way home

 

Grand Canyon day 3

We started our day with a 2 hour guided tour along the rim to Hermit's Rest. After that we visited some of the parks facilities that we hadn't visited yet. This evening was a nice dinner at the Steakhouse followed but a get together at our cabin where we finished off our adult beverages. Tomorrow we all depart. John & Jean and Jerry & Diane head to Phoenix for a flight back to Texas. Jenny and I have an overnight in Phoenix because we have an early flight day after tomorrow. This has been a great reunion that will be hard to top, of course we say that every year.

Grand Canyon day 2

We drove east toward Desert View today.  You can drive on that road as opposed to riding on a shuttle bus and that gave us a little more flexibility. We pulled over at several of the viewpoints to try and absorb what we were looking at. This place is pretty spectacular. After lunch, John and I hiked 1 1/2 miles into the canyon on the Bright Angel Trail. The climb out was what we expected. I am tired. We have one more day here. We have booked a tour to Hermit's Rest tomorrow.

Grand Canyon NP

We have safely arrived at the Grand Canyon. Our route here took us up through Oak Creek Canyon. We pulled over at Slide Rock State Park to get a view of the creek, then we stopped at the top of the climb and checked out the views. There were a few Navajo craft ladies selling Navajo crafts. We now have some of

those. We ate lunch in Flagstaff and got checked into our cabins at around 4. Dinner was at the El Tovar hotel dining room. That was pretty much day 1. Tomorrow we will visit the overlooks on the way to Hermit's Rest.

Sedona day 4

We had no activities planned today. Consequently we didn't do much. We went into town and had some Mexican food. After that the girls and the guys split up. The guys did some day drinking and the girls did girl stuff. This will be our last day here. Tomorrow is Grand Canyon National Park.