my 2022 diary

 January 2, 2022 A lot of today was spent on the road. Paul and I packed up at Dancing Bear Lodge, had a nice brekkie at Apple Valley and were off for home. Travel always involves some tidying up details when you get home. We had unopened Christmas gifts even. So we took care of opening those and there were some very lovely items. Denise gave us a very pretty salad set for our anniversary. John and Candee gave us candles and placemats and Renie gave us tea and spices and a nice set of note cards as well as cookies which we took to Townsend.   Xul has to have a lap sit on Paul after we opened our gifts. He is a snuggle-bunny and Paul loves these cats so much! I then cooked some posole for Paul's dinner and to share with our friend Ellen Bebb who got hit in the head by a tree limb. Fortunately, it was small branch and she escaped with just a scalp laceration and a scare. I have seen those kill people or maim limbs, so I am so glad it wasn't worse. I had a short but nice vis...

 January 1, 2022 Well, after a decade of marriage, Paul decides that he wants to discuss how the paper on a gift bag casts a shadow that looks like a squirrel. So we start 2022 at the Dancing Bear Lodge and Cabins, the place we got married 10 years ago in Townsend, Tennessee. We failed to take a picture of ourselves on this momentous occasion, but we did take a picture of a shadow seen above.  We stayed up until about 1 am and had a champagne toast on the porch of our cabin. So we rung in the New Year here at the "scene of the crime." Making up for not taking a picture last night.  Fast forward about 10 hours and we were sitting at Apple Valley having sandwiches,  then we were off for a hike. Same as last year on Jekyll Island! But this time, we hiked Little Greenbriar and did about 7-8 miles.  The Little Greenbrier area is a popular area, because the elevation gain is only about 150 meters and the Metcalf Bottoms Trail connects a well-used picnic area to an old...