9-8-05 OUR 31ST WEDDING ANNIVERSARY TRIP!
Trip Start
Dec 07, 1999
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Trip End
Sep 11, 2009
DECATUR,
Alabama,
United States
Thursday, October 23, 2008
WELL, WE MADE IT THIRTY-ONE YEARS. PTL! WE ALWAYS TOOK THE ONE VACATION TO THE BEACHES EVERY YEAR AND SOME SHORT TRIPS (MAINLY TO THE ZOO'S, OPRYLAND AND SIX FLAGS) WITH THE KIDS. WE WERE NEVER AWAY FROM OUR CHILDREN EXCEPT OUR FIRST TRIP ALONE TO PANAMA CITY BEACH. THEN THE ONLY OTHER TIME WE WERE ABLE TO BE BY OURSELVES AWAY FROM THE KIDS WAS WHEN WE WERE INVITED TO TAKE A ONE DAY OUTING WITH OTHER EMPLOYEES ON HUBBY'S EMPLOYEE'S BOAT. OUR DAUGHTER WAS EIGHTEEN MONTHS OLD AT THAT TIME. THEN AFTER SEVENTEEN YEARS OF MARRIAGE WE TOOK A FEW DAYS TO GULF SHORES FOR A BADLY NEEDED SECOND HONEYMOON IN 1991. WHEN OUR SON WAS OLDER WE STARTED TAKING SHORT TRIPS. SO, WE HAVE REALLY MADE UP FOR LOST TIME. I THINK IT HAS MADE OUR LIVES TOGETHER, NOW...SWEETER! WE DECIDED TO TRY THIS CATFISH PLACE WE HAD SEEN ON OUR PREVIOUS TRIPS TO JOE WHEELER BEFORE GOING TO THE SUITE. THE CATFISH REALLY WAS GOOD AND HIT THE SPOT! WE DID NOT WANT TO BE SO FULL WE COULD NOT ENJOY...YOU GUESSED IT! PORK SKINS AND OUR BIG BLOCKS! ALSO, THIS TRIP TO JOE WHEELER WE RESERVED THE JUNIOR SUITE. IT HAS A SEPARATE SMALL KITCHEN AND DINING AREA. THE SUITE WAS BIGGER THAN I HAD EXPECTED. A NEAT SURPRISE! THE DOUBLE BED(2)WE SLEPT ON WAS PRETTY COMFORTABLE. THE BALCONY IS GOOD SIZED AND HAS TWO ROCKING CHAIRS. WE COULD HEAR THE RIPPLING OF THE WATER AT THE WATER'S EDGE. WE COULD HEAR GEESE, DUCKS, AND SEAGULLS. WE EVEN SAW A COUPLE OF FISH JUMP UP AND BACK INTO THE WATER...ALL FROM OUR BALCONY. WONDERFUL UNIQUE SOUNDS AND SIGHTS ALL DUE TO THIS LODGE BEING BY THE LAKE SURROUNDED BY WOODS. THE SWIMMING POOL WAS STILL OPEN, TOO. WE TOOK THE TRAIL AFTER GETTING SETTLED IN. WE ENJOYED THE WALK TOGETHER. I MADE MEMORIES ON THIS TRIP! I TRIPPED, FELL AND THEN BEGAN SLIDING DOWN HILL. THE ONLY THING WOUNDED WAS MY PRIDE...BUT IT DID SCARE ME, A LITTLE...A LOT! WE, ALSO, ATE BREAKFAST IN AT THE LODGE. IT WAS GOOD TOO! THE BREAKFAST BUFFET IS ALWAYS GOOD. THE STAFF AT THE LODGE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY PLEASANT. THIS TRIP WE SPENT TIME JUST CHECKING OUT THE WHOLE RESORT. THEN AS ALWAYS WE PLAYED RUMMY WHILE WE THE SNACKS. HUBBY, ALWAYS, SAYS HE LETS ME WIN BUT I DO SURPRISE, EVEN, HIM...BY BEATING THE HIS SOCKS OFF (JUST A SAYING, OF COURSE)! WE REALLY HAD A WONDERFUL TIME TOGETHER! IT WAS NICE JUST TO KICK OFF YOUR SHOES AND SIT A SPELL... ESPECIALLY AFTER TAKING THE TRAIL! WE WOKE UP TO 31 YEARS OF MARRIAGE!! THANK YOU LORD FOR EVERYTHING!
