Murphy Day 2

Hey everyone,

We had an interesting Day 2 in Murphy.  First, we went down the road to "Historic Murphy".  We wandered around a quaint little town.  It was neat to see all the shops.  I wanted to go into a quilt shop but we were up way too early for the store to be open. 

We drove through town and found this interesting dirt road that we decided to try out.  We found the river (we think it is called Hiwassee)  and a tributary.  We got out and took some great pictures.  If you looked to the top of the cliff, there were some amazing houses up there. 

On Tuesday's there is a really good flea market.  We wandered around for awhile looking for it, then I ended up calling Ray and asking for directions.  His directions were terrific and we ended up at the flea market.  There were a lot of amazing items for sale, but nothing we were looking for.  We did buy some local sorghum.  Scott loves it!  I haven't tried any yet.

We then went to the Ingle's grocery store and got some food for a couple of days.  I love that store.  It has many of my organic things and a wide variety of natural and regular items. 

 

Here's a link for the day's pictures, hope you enjoy!

http://picasaweb.google.com/elmcneill/MurphyNC2?authkey=Gv1sRgCJm_p-eel4qZLA#

 

on our way to Murphy, NC (Day 1)

Hey all,

We had a good trip out to Murphy, NC.  It was a six hour trip for us.  Scott and I got to talk which was nice.  Last week was very busy for Scott as he had an emergency code release.  He had many phone calls in the middle of the night as well as having full days at work.  He also had a men's retreat over the weekend, so it was good to be able to talk for awhile.

We enjoyed the trip.  I got kind of into the mountain pictures as you will be able to see. 

I was born in Binghamton, NY and spent my first 21 years there.  I would call our area "Nestled in the mountains".  We get here to Murphy and I would call it "Perched on a mountain!" or many mountains.

 Here is the link for day one pictures.  I will try to send out day 2 tomorrow.  We are hoping to go to a local dam and get more pictures tomorrow for Day three.

 

http://picasaweb.google.com/elmcneill/MurphyNC1#

 

This is the life!

A few weeks ago, Scott and I went down to Murrells Inlet.  At the state park, there is a road to the beach parking.  Often times we will see an alligator, but this day we saw four lined up sunning themselves.  The sign says "no stopping", but we did and got this great picture!

http://picasaweb.google.com/elmcneill/Alligators#5384982319046185570

Dad, hopefully this doesn't make you homesick! 

 

Dwight Schultz

Dwight Schultz is my favorite actor.  I loved him in the A-Team!  Most characters were the same all the time, but not Murdock.  You never knew what he was going to be up too.  He is so talented that he could pull anything off. Then, later he went on to Star Trek's next generation and he was terrific as Barclay and then he went on to Voyager. 

A couple of weekend's ago, Julia went to Atlanta to Dragoncon (Not sure of the spelling).  She went last year and had a blast and was looking forward to this one as well.

When she saw me a few days after, she said "I have a present for you".

I squealed like a teenage girl when I saw the picture.  Julia told him "My Mom loves you!"  She was pretty impressed with him, he was very personable.  I said "Of course he is, he's the best!" 

I took a picture of the picture he signed for me.  I'm not sure how well you'll be able to see it.  It is now posted on my board where I do my writing.  I look up when I'm looking for a word and he's grinning at me!

Wanna be sick update

Scott finally got this redone and sent to its owner at the end of April.  It was a long haul for that guitar!  I meant to update you a long time ago.  This one is not my favorite guitar, but she sounds terrific.

Scott is working on a black acacia wood one right now that will be a beauty as well.  Scott bought gold inlays for it and they are fantastic!  I can't wait to get a picture of it for you.

Scott's latest guitar

This is my favorite, so far, of the guitars Scot has made.  It is a beauty.  Scott discovered sound ports, they are so the player can hear the guitar as well as those listening.  She sounds as beautiful as she looks!

 

 

A First

Scott and I went to Murrells Inlet for the holiday weekend (Labor Day). A first for me, we were chased away from the beach by a bunch of gnats! This has never happened in my whole life! That was our first night there (Thursday). We left Thursday afternoon so we could go to the beach before sundown.

Friday morning, we went again and it was perfect! We stayed a few hours and then went back to Dad's to work on his floor. Friday night there were quite a few mosquitoes, but they didn't chase us away. Saturday night I was ready for anything. Gnats, mosquitoes and cold sea breezes. We stayed till 9:30 and it was gorgeous. Breathing in the sea breezes brings restoration to my soul. I needed more restoration than usual so we stayed out after dark! Sunday morning was awesome. It was cool and cloudy. We stayed till 11:30 and then went and cleaned up and packed to go home.

The welcome home greetings from Bear and Chloe were very loud and excited. Joel was glad we were home as well, but he could contain himself. Julia was gone for the weekend as well and she returned safely last night. (Monday)

I had prepared a picture biography of our trip, but I'm not sure what happened to them. We used Scott's camera as well as mine. When I opened his, there were only the new guitar pictures. I will see if mine retained some pictures and post them later.