Cloudland Canyon State Park, Rising Fawn, Georgia
Then the king of the South (Ptolemy IV Philopator) will march out in a rage and fight against the king of the North (Antiochus III The Great), who will raise a large army, but it will be defeated. ~ Daniel 11:11
Ptolemy IV Philopator – South
- Ruled 221-203BC
- He married his full sister, but also kept a mistress
- Philopator soundly defeated the attempt by Antiochus III The Great to capture Egypt in the Battle of Raphia in 217BC
- Antiochus had approximately 63,000 men, 6,000 horses and 102 war elephants.
- Philopator’s army consisted of approximately 72,000 men, 700 horses and 73 elephants
I know. I know. These dates today are crazy! Nine whole days in one post! And no. The length of the content won’t reflect that. I’m guessing I could go right through at least Saturday, the 3rd, but I thought I’d get something in here. I don’t know if it’s writer’s block, busyness, or laziness. Guess we’ll find out after Christmas when we get back to our “normal” travel schedule. 😊
Today, we moved into Alabama where we’ll be parked until December 27th. We’re headed to my brother, David’s. Yippee!!! If you’da told me 20+ years ago that we’d get along so well, I’da told you you were crazy. We didn’t care much for each other as kids (thanks to underlying parenting issues from our dad), and that carried over by default into our adult years. Not so much not caring as just indifferent. Grace, grace, God’s grace and forgiveness is the only answer for it. Praise God from Whom all blessings flow!! And love abounds!
Carson Village, Birmingham, Alabama
When we arrived at our reserved-a-year-ago site, there was another RV parked there! Oh no!! Blaine stayed calm, we unhooked the Jeep, left our RV parked in the street and drove the Jeep to the office. They no longer had our reservation and the woman who’s been working here for years was no longer with the company. Oh no! But God already had a plan in place – a nice and larger site just for us, with quiet and friendly neighbors. Isn’t He wonderful?!?
Another blessing for the move for us?
We didn’t have to build a bridge to get over the culvert and into our spot.
It’s nice and almost level at the new spot. : )
Once we arrived and set up, we met David for dinner at our favorite Mexican restaurant, Casa Fiesta. It’s not so much that they have food any different than any other chain Mexican place, but they have this one item – – their Fiesta Bowl that we’ve not discovered anywhere else, and it’s phenomenal! Sort of a fajita in a bowl over rice, with white cheese poured over top. My, oh MY!! Every Mexican place should add this to their repertoire!
We spent David’s entire week of vacation together, right through Thanksgiving and up through Sunday night, eating, playing games, eating, watching college football, eating, talking, eating, reminiscing, eating, hiking …… well, you get the picture. That’s why we hiked so much. Lol
Just for future record, we’ve also dined at Costa’s Italian/Greek, and Jim n’ Nicks BBQ, and Chick-fil-A. So far. At home, we’ve devoured a huge Thanksgiving dinner – several times, shepherd’s pie, and jambalaya. We are so blessed to be able to eat well!
We visited a new place to hike called Moss Rock, which was a lot of fun, and back to a couple of our old haunts as well – Trussville Sports complex and Turkey Creek.
Then David went back to work, and we spent eight hours driving around Trussville shopping and running errands for a bunch of personal stuff, including laundry and groceries. I know eight hours sounds excessive, but you’re talking clothes shopping with a woman here . . . . I know some of you will understand. 😊
And that’s it for this post. Enjoy the pictures!
So pretty!
following a bunch of rain and this waterfall was gushing down through the valley.
Like the pages in a giant book!
This is the rings of a fallen tree.
because I casually mentioned it was interfering with our view.
What a knight I have!
There WERE leftovers, but we ate really well.
And there were two pies that I didn’t take a picture of – apple and pumpkin courtesy of Marie Callender. : )
It’s a very steep hill. : )
Wanna know a secret?
He spray painted his front porch and it got on whatever this plant is.
Beautiful!
Hopefully the plant will survive the painting.
It’s mostly for him to ride on mountain trails.
I refused to try it on the steep hill, but maybe sometime before we leave.
Now, everywhere we go, when we run into Michigan fans, they’ll gloat . . . .
No different than we do to them when we win though, is it?
You may remember that a couple of years ago, I slipped on the rocks and fell in.
Lesson learned! Stay off the wet stuff and keep your boots dry! : )
Blaine looked them up with his app, and unfortunately, you can’t eat them.
You’re not even supposed to touch.
Too late!
I already did when I was cleaning them up for a picture.
Yikes! No ill effects. Whew!
Now I’ve got two of them who don’t listen.
Of course, you could also count me……. : )
It’s a commercial meat grinder.
He’s regularly tasked with processing venison, and this will make the task much easier and quicker.
To try it out, he made chicken sausages. Matthew loved watching!
Till we meet again!