If you only know Jack, you don't know Dickel

Hi Folks

Back from Tennessee. Of course we had to go to a distillery. Not the Jack Daniels Distillery, but the George Dickel Distillery. There were t-shirts there that read IF YOU ONLY KNOW JACK YOU DON'T KNOW DICKEL! lol I'm going to make some homemade Kahlua and Baileys for the girl's glamping trip, so it was nice to get the whiskey I need. And at a lovely fruit stand (we had strawberry shortcake for supper that night, yum!), I got some Scuppernong jelly. It is delicious.

We had some nice hikes. Lots of stairs. I did not make the 1200 steps at Cloudland Canyon State Park in Georgia! I got to the bottom of the first waterfall, and was starting to turn back up the stairs and my dang Achilles seized up! ARGHHHHHH It loosened up enough for me to make it back up the stairs, albeit slowly. John continued on to the other waterfall, 600 more steps lol and I made my way back up to the parking lot. It had seized up the day after my colonoscopy, and was very painful for a day, but after some ice and anti-inflammatories, it seemed to be OK again . . . until I travel hundreds of miles away and down 200 steps! It must have been a family member, or a friend, who suggested that some people get shoulder pain after anesthesia, and that perhaps because I am half-assed backward, I got foot pain. Ha ha. And then, good lord, my back seized up. It was very interesting. Luckily I was able to continue hiking, though I went slowly and carefully. I need to buy some stock in an ibuprofen company. Here are some random pics.

The name of this road amused me.

Ahhh. The river view from the Adirondack chairs around the fire pit where we stayed.. Just lovely. You don't even need to pack an alarm clock, as there is an obliging rooster more than willing to wake you.

Hazel, trying to find the vacation rental by owner place I booked. It was 11 (long) miles down a twisty, narrow, curvy, bumpy road! Seemingly there are dogs and chickens that live right on the road!

Cloudland Canyon State Park.

Danger Will Robinson!

Some of the steps at Cloudland Canyon.

I knew my luck had turned when I got a sour carton of milk at Julie Darling Doughnut shop (yum), and got a free doughnut from the clerk, who felt bad for me. Milk wasn't even out of date, apparently I'm just cursed lately. CURSED! We went to the shop to use the internet, because the charming place I booked didn't have  it. LOL

Pretty.

Weird crazy man!

It was a trip of doughnuts, BBQ, hikes, cheeseburgers, onion rings, injuries, aches and pains, and scary mountain roads. I also slept like a baby and laughed a lot. I had a good time! LOL  I'm going to reevaluate my purpose in life and my blog and will return when I have it figured out. So see you tomorrow probably!

Kay