Couple of Coffees

Some of the things we've missed

We bypassed Mammoth Caves in Kentucky due to wanting to get to Nashville and have coffee with Melody Guy. It was a timing thing. Maybe we'll get back there. We've heard great things about it.

The water in Ft. Lauderdale was so blue and inviting, but we didn't have our bathing suits on, plus there were no parking spaces or places (we knew of) to change. So we didn't swim in Florida. We did walk on the beach, though, in Boca.

We skipped Cumberland Island in Georgia, or at least I think it was Georgia, due to driving right by it before realizing oh yeah, that was the cool place we read about. We also hoped to drive westward toward Atlanta and to see Asheville and Athens, but we took the coastal route instead to see Savannah and Georgia. No dining at the Varsity or getting sick off too much free Coca-Cola or checking out the Biltmore. Sigh.

That being said, I don't have any regrets about this trip. We've had to make some tough choices about which direction to head, but I've loved everything we've chosen to do. When we started, I thought we'd have time and opportunity to do everything. But what we want to see keeps expanding, and the days keep chugging by. Soon enough we'll be headed west. Toward home and obligations and a whole other set of priorities.

In the meantime, if we see something interesting, or want to go visit a town, even if it's an hour off the beaten path, we shrug and say why not, then peel off toward the exit ramp. It's a nice way to live.

posted by Laura the Writer @ 9:50 AM