First Company

We were so excited to get our "first company" on the land. Fred and Elaine ( Chuck's sister) came for a very short two day visit. The first day we showed them around the land and our little town. Then, we ventured into Decatur where Elaine and Fred stayed for the night. We took them to our favorite "BBQ joint" and we were treated by Fred paying for our dinners. Thank's Uncle Fred! The next day, they came out to Brambly Pines early for breakfast and then we headed for the day in the forest. We hiked to my favorite waterfall. There is where we had our picnic lunch that I had packed. After finding our way up the stream and along the canyons for a little bit, we headed back to the explorer. Chuck happened to take the wrong turn when the road came to a fork and we spend awhile trying to find our way through the valley and back into the forest. Fred did a good job of reading the map from the back seat. I am never a help with map reading since I get car sick if I don't look out the front window. We found our way home just in time to head to our home town auction. You can buy really good BBQ for dinner there (which we thank Uncle Fred for paying for again) just before the auction begins. It's a really fun night because you just never know what they will be selling. This time we ended up biding for a scale and a veggie roaster for the grill and got them both. Oh yeah, we also bought a washer and dryer but didn't have to bid on it. One of the Shelton boys, knew we were looking to buy a set and he took us in the back and asked if we wanted it and if we did, they wouldn't put it up for bid. Of course we jumped at the chance since we would have paid the same amount for just the washer....so it was like getting the dryer for free. They are even going to store it for us until we can get the gravel down the drive ways and can get to the barn. Keep your fingers crossed that the rain stops soon because Chuck has the drive ways all ready for the gravel. My days at the laundry mat are numbered.....yippeeee!!!!!!