I recapped the first part of our mountains trip last week, so today it’s time for the second half!
Friday, October 7
Friday morning, we got up and ate the donuts we’d picked up the day before, and then we had a lazy morning at the house. I got showered and watched an episode of Is It Cake with the kiddos, and then we all played Cornhole for a while. After that, I went inside to unload the dishwasher and do some tidying, and Brian and my dad played ping pong with the kiddos.
We arrived at Crane Creek Vineyards early in the afternoon, and we grabbed a bottle of wine and some glasses and sat on the deck to enjoy it. It was a picture-perfect day – the temp was perfect for short-sleeves or long sleeves and there was no humidity, nor any clouds in the sky. Seriously, picture-perfect.
While we polished off our bottle, the kids played bocce ball, and then we all walked through the vineyards. We stopped to look at our little fishy friends that we always see on our visits, and per usual, they all followed our every move, just waiting for someone to throw them a morsel.
After we were done with dinner, we were all in the mood for ice cream, but unfortunately, there were zero local ice cream places to try, so we drove to Dairy Queen and got Blizzards and dipped cones instead.
When we got back to the house it was starting to get late, so the kids got showered, and then we all watched Hocus Pocus together before heading to bed.
Saturday, October 8
Saturday was the Georgia vs. Auburn football game, and we had tickets, so our family of four got up a bit early to get ready and head out. My parents didn’t have tickets, so they spent the day exploring North Georgia together while Brian and the kids and I headed to Athens.
We parked downtown as we always do, and then walked to my aunt and uncle’s tailgate, and we spent several hours there with them before the game. They always do a big tailgate complete with a huge spread of food and a big TV so we can watch the other games, and it’s always a lot of fun hanging out with them.
Midway through the second quarter, I took the kids downstairs so we could find some dinner, and we hung out there all the way through halftime so they could cool off in the shade.
The second half of the game wasn’t too bad temperature-wise and we all had a blast watching the game. We were whooping Auburn by a significant amount late in the fourth quarter, so we asked the kids if they wanted to leave a little early and get a head start back to the car, but they both wanted to stay until the end. They love some Georgia football!
Sunday, October 9
Sunday morning, we were all up around 8 and then we had a quick breakfast, packed up the cars, and headed home. As we were leaving, we saw a MASSIVE spider on the staircase down to the basement, so we proclaimed that we were leaving just in time. Lol. Seriously, it was the biggest spider I’ve ever seen in my entire life. I wish we could have put a quarter next to it for scale. The quarter would have looked teeny tiny next to it.
It was so wonderful that my parents were finally able to make it there with us, and it was a really great trip… aside from me bringing back Covid, of course. ;o)
Until next year, mountains!
