Hey everyone. Merry Christmas!!  It's very weird even thinking about traditional Christmas this year... for obvious reasons! But have more time to think about and appreciate the blessed gift God gave to us... Himself!  I've always had a hard time separating the 3, seems like they need to be all the same :)  At any rate, our wish for all of you is that you will be able to enjoy the Savior this Christmas and all the year long!

The first week of December we took off from Dad Conrad's to head towards Florida. That was a bittersweet departure! We so enjoyed our time there with him and the rest of the family. What a precious treasure they all are :)

Traveling south in Georgia we came upon our first Alligator warning sign… We didn’t see any there. Those came later!

In the same area I got a closer look at the moss growing on these trees around here. Very interesting stuff, and very different from what we have in Idaho and Montana. And here we began to see more and more white sand in the soil.

Savannah, Georgia was beautiful… stately… lovely…and old!  We decided to take a tour since we find that’s usually the way we get the most information about an area we’re not familiar with.  So here we are with the old Captain himself :)

Savannah, known for their lovely trees…  beautiful!

Such a beautiful and peaceful place. Shady, quaint with all the moss hanging from the trees and the beautiful buildings. And the locals spend much time sitting in the parks, reading and relaxing. I'm sure it's a lunch destination for folks who work downtown!

We were joined throughout the journey by different famous people from the past.

The bench remains in this park.

I am obviously the one who knows what to eat in Savannah. Low Country Boil! YUMMMM  Bob had a turkey sandwich or something boring like that.

And a trip to the candy store for a snack!

The wharf area where Bernies Restaurant and the WWII Memorial were.

And here we are on a Sunday morning in Augusta Georgia, at the Golf World Hall of Fame!

And now for some golf trivia… (actually it’s kind of interesting J)

On to Florida J   We didn’t mean to brag, but when everyone else seemed to be getting COLD and SNOW, we were having to dig out our shorts and tank tops J

Will be posting again in a few days with the Everglades and the Florida Keys!  Merry Christmas!!

Note to my readers:  In trying to make this easier to read, and post to with pix, I've moved some margins around. So now my past posts are really ugly. I apologize, and hopefully this will make it better from now on.

--Donna

Monday we visited the BMW manufacturing plant located here (Spartanburg, SC). How interesting! My sons, and probably grandsons too, would have really enjoyed it.

      The roadster of yesteryear....

Engines, engines and MORE engines... and some of them are REALLY BIG! Which of course translates into power, POWER and MORE POWER!  :)

This s a race car engine.

And of course, the motorcycles!

  

These are the coolest cars! The whole front opens to the side and you just walk in and sit down. One bench seat
is all there is and storage over the top of the engine in back!

I wonder if these were the inspiration for the Smart Car?

This one even pulled a little tear drop trailer.

 

The crash test car.

Isn't this the coolest car?!!

OK, Don (or any other racers), what do all those buttons on the steering wheel do/control??

Some have said that he walked on water!  LOL

Of course the wife always knows!