Time for a Change of Scenery

This morning we’ll treat ourselves to another batch of scrambled eggs with as many veggies as we can use up, since we’ll be leaving tomorrow morning and we’re planning on having dinner out this evening.   Eventually we head out with a plan to explore the little towns near by, Pine Mountain and Warm Springs.  We decide that Warm Springs looks more promising and, indeed, there are lots of little shops to poke around in!  Marilyn visits the TI and meets Louise, who is 92 and shares lots of information, like the location of the Red Oak Covered Bridge, and a recommendation to visit the Switch and Grind Coffee Café. Our favorite shop, The Bluebird Cottage, has only locally produced items made from American components.  We chat a long time with the owners and each make more than one trip to the cash register, since everyone checks out everyone else’s purchases to see what we’ve missed! Most of us continue checking out the other shops;  but none compare to our favo...

There is time this morning for a cup of coffee while sitting in the rockers on the screened-in front porch.  It’s cool and clear and there are trees everywhere you look.  So calming after last night! Everyone finds something for breakfast and packs a little snack for the road and after a leisurely start we head for High Falls State Park, about an hour and a half away.  It’s an uneventful drive, filled with laughter and stories and a continuing discussion about the election and the future of the country.   High Falls is on the Towaliga River, which cascades over a bedrock of High Falls Granite.  We stop at the Visitors’ Center for directions to the hiking trail and we’re off.  The path follows the river past a series of cascades roaring their presence.  The four of us make our way for quite a while until Marilyn and Connie decide to head back to the car while Ginger and I continue onward for a while longer.  At one point a white blur charges b...