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March 28, Wednesday, Day 177
Zink residence, St. Mary’s, GA., 246 mile jump
Leaving Lake Seminole about 10:15AM, we headed east on I-10 for most of the 246 mile trip. It was punctuated by a fast food breakfast stop and a few quick bathroom breaks at rest stops, taking about 5 hours to complete. The weather was in the high 70s and the sky a gorgeous blue.
The girls have grown a bit in the five months since we’ve seen them last! We got in and set up before they got off the school bus. They were quite excited and rambunctiously vied for attention. Mom and Dad were busy at a church function, so we made some tacos with the girls help and watched a little TV to settle them down. They went to bed at 8PM without complaining. We went to bed directly after that!
March 27, Tuesday, Day 176
Eastbank Campground, Lake Seminole, GA.
Not yet completed but close. The weather was not cooperating with our schedule. Penny is tired and her hands are aching, so we’ll get back to it later. Tomorrow we head for her daughter, son-in-law and three granddaughters in the SE corner of Georgia.
March 26, Monday, Day 175
Eastbank Campground, Lake Seminole, GA.
Work in progress!March 25, Sunday, Day 174
Eastbank Campground, Lake Seminole, GA.
March 24, Saturday, Day 173
Eastbank Campground, Lake Seminole, GA.
Look carefully to see the tracings; the photo doesn’t make it easy to see them.
While Penny was painting, I rode my bike through the rolling hills of southern Georgia. They reminded me of the Spokane Palouse. I rode 21.44 miles in 1 hour 32 minutes. That’s the longest ride I’ve done in a long while!
March 23, Friday, Day 172
Eastbank Campground, Lake Seminole, GA.
A Green Heron stopped by our campsite; such a beautiful bird! The last one we saw (3-15) kept its neck hunched; this one was extended. The blue head crest is quite a sight!
At the same time a Red Rat Snake was swimming nearby. They are not venomous. In fact, they don’t even have fangs; they are constrictors. They are good to have around to keep the rodents down. And, their skin is quite beautiful!
Meanwhile, Penny worked her magic on the new mural:
After sunset and a wonderful dinner, we projected the outlines of the Live Oaks over the background she had prepared:
We worked until 11PM tracing the trunks. The next steps will be more fun as the composition takes shape.
My Zags lost their Sweet Sixteen game to Florida State last night. One of our starters became injured in practice; he couldn’t play in the game! The Zags’ bench wasn’t very deep and the remaining guys were trying too hard to compensate for his absence. I listened until the bitter end, about 12:30 this morning. Bummer! ….Next year!
March 21, Wednesday, Day 170
Eastbank Campground, Lake Seminole, GA.
Penny is all in! The winds are howling; 18 MPH off the lake with stronger gusts. The trailer blocks some of it. But, she is determined!
The winds have subsided and the temperature is back up to 70F.
It’s been one week since I first photographed the four trees hoping they would bud and/or leaf out. There is only one showing true promise of those results:
While photographing the sunset, I noticed a large object with a contrail coming out of the west. Was the ISS coming in for a landing? No, a 747 or other large passenger plane heading east.
March 17, Saturday, Day 166
Eastbank Campground, Lake Seminole, GA.
Happy St. Paddy’s Day!
Needing some exercise, I decided to test my stamina on the contours of the Lake. I rode 10.54 miles in 43 minutes 29 seconds. I hoped to burn a bunch of calories and make room for corned beef and cabbage with a wee bit o’ beer; mission accomplished!
Silly us expecting to find corned beef in the one and only grocery store in Chattahoochee. It closed one year ago and the Piggly Wiggly 5 miles away has none left.
It’s been raining most of yesterday and today so not much happening. But the Zags play at 8PM and the one and only bar in Chattahoochee has 12 TVs, so I attribute that to the Luck o’ the Irish and we’ll be on our way!
We each ordered entrees to fill our bellies and absorb any beer in which we might partake. The food was great and the game was on! GU jumped out to a 15-0 lead and I thought, “Oh No!”; games like that normally go badly. And, sure enough, by the middle of the second half Ohio State had the lead.
A logistical complication for us personally was that the campground locks the gates at 10PM meaning we’d have to park the truck outside and walk down to the trailer. Penny was yawning incessantly; so I suggested she get home to bed and I’d walk home after the game (only a mile). She left at 9:45 with the game close.
Then the Zags pulled away by 10, only to let the Buckeyes go on a 10-5 scoring run to cut the lead to 5. In the end, the Gonzaga Bulldogs won 90-84 to go to the Sweet 16 for the fourth year in a row! Luckily, my cell phone still had a charge; without it I would not have been able to see where I was going! The waxing moon had set and it was pitch black!
March 15, Thursday, Day 164
Eastbank Campground, Lake Seminole, GA.
A short walk brought us to the top of the massive dam holding back this huge lake. Not much to see up there but a good view of our campground. It’s hilly here in these parts; I’ll have to get used to elevation changes when I get my bike out.
Heading home, we passed a turtle festival almost overlooking a Green Heron. Its camouflage another example of divine artistry! Parts of it blend into the background. It shows its head crest it the fourth picture.
It was a lovely 3 mile walk; bright sunshine about 79F.
Gonzaga beat U of North Carolina-Greensboro 68-64 to advance to the round of 32! I could only get score updates, no audio or video. I’ll have to do something about that!