Meandering the Country

November 14-28, 2022 Everywhere we turned during our time in Atlanta, we found so very much to be thankful for!  Of all the blessings we came across during our time there, we are so very thankful to share we will be adding to our family in May!  Maggie and Luke are expecting TWINS!  Maggie couldn’t have said it any better, “Prayed for one, Blessed with two!” in their announcement of this wonderful news.  Our hearts are full! Atlanta also provided us with the opportunity to reconnect with both family and friends!  My nephew, Jason, along with his wife, Katie, and children, Audrey and Caleb, live a little southwest of Atlanta.  It just so happens that Katie’s parents, Linda and Doug, and Katie’s brother and family also live in the vicinity.  They have a lovely tradition of sharing Sunday dinner together.  In grand southern hospitality fashion, Linda and Doug invited us to their home and included us in this beautiful gathering!   Caleb had ...

November 7 – 14, 2022 In March of 2021, we had reservations to stay at Oak Mountain State Park ; however, a couple of days before we were going to arrive, we received a call advising us they had been hit by a tornado!  Needless to say, we made alternative travel plans!  Well, it may have taken us 20 months, but we finally made it there and it was certainly worth the wait! Oak Mountain State Park is located about 20 miles south of Birmingham, Alabama, providing us the perfect opportunity to explore the city whose nick name is “The Magic City”.  What’s magical about Birmingham is the rapid speed at which this area was transformed from a few shacks with mud roads into the largest metropolitan city in Alabama!  It was founded in 1871 with the discovery of iron ore, limestone and coal in the immediate area (all three of the ingredients needed to make iron and steel). This quickly became a mining and steel producing area, making it the “Pittsburgh of the South”.  Imm...