Another fab weekend in the middle of nowhere! We headed out Friday afternoon after taking Sadie to the vet for boarding...kind of forgot about that little part of having an indoor dog and trips out of town :) We then made a mad dash to Henderson for some BBQ pork from this little hole-in-wall place Shane found courtesy of our Garmin GPS a month ago...let me tell you, I'm not a big fan of baked beans but I could eat a gallon of their's!! I guess all of the pork drippings and such give it something special! The "mad dash" part of it is b/c they close at 7pm our time and we didn't leave Washington until 5:30...that's 1 1/2 hours to make it through E'ville rush hour to the far south side of Henderson...we made it w/ 10 minutes to go - woo hoo!
We made it Bumpus Mills, TN safe & sound...rocking out the last few miles to some 80's rock courtesy of a great radio station (97.5) somewhere out of Tennessee/Kentucky...nothing like seeing your 5 year old headbanging in the back seat! After a game of "pickup sticks" w/ Gma Cindy, the kids headed to bed...after a quick negotiation of who got the top bunk of course!
The kiddos got us all up bright & early Saturday - Mom & I then "escaped" for some much needed mother/daughter time...we headed to Paris...Paris, TN that is - hey, they had the required Eiffel Tower - to a really beautiful landscaping place for flowers. It was so hard to pick out what we wanted b/c they had sooooooooooo many to choose from but we managed. We then stopped by the Piggly Wiggly - love that place - so quintessential Tennessee huh? Where else would one find find canned pork brains in gravy?
Tim, Holly & the boys got there soon after we got back to the house - we can always count on the Evans family for some good times! They brought their go-kart to add to the 4-wheeler & Kubota all-terrain...nothing like outdoor toys for the boys! Several trail rides later - thru quite a bit of mud (ewww!) - we moved on to the "luau" portion of the evening...leave it to my mom to have a "theme" night. Tim definitely got the best dressed award :)
Nick & Scott after their trip thru the mud hole
Emily & Shane - she was the only girl willing to go thru the mud hole!
Cooling off in the sprinkler
Tim & Shane
The Luau Gang
We headed home Sunday after breakfast - pretty uneventful trip. Thankfully, our kids travel really well w/ very few "Are we there yet" comments...we were all still glad to pull into the driveway though The rest of the weekend was spent on normal weekend "stuff" like cleaning, laundry, Walmart, etc...nothing too exciting....nothing like the "luau" anyway!
4 comments:
Wow that seems like a lot of fun! And yes I know what you mean about kids not asking are we there yet?!! We usually tell them how many movies have to play before they can ask! It works really well!
Sometimes the "middle of nowhere" vacations are the best! Looks like you had tons of fun. We need Jen / Chas time soon! :)
holy smokes I haven't seen Tim Evans since you guys were in high school. lol...looks like you guys had a great time! Can't beat good times!
Looks like fun!! Love the luau idea...may have to do that sometime this summer.
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