Day Trip

This morning, I just happened to wake up in one of those moods. It was beautiful out- not a cloud in the sky, the weather at a perfect chill- a day not to be wasted inside. I was in the mood for a spontaneous day trip, and luckily, Brad agreed to accompany me. Usually, when I get this feeling, my first instinct is to head towards the beach. But something told me that St. George's Island in a low of 39 degrees might not be too pleasant. Then I remembered what was in the opposite direction: Thomasville, GA. Having never been to Thomasville before, we had found our winner! 50 minutes later we arrived in a quaint old town and parallel parked in front of Frank & Cindy's Consignments. We spent the afternoon holding hands and walking up and down what was named, "A Great American Main Street Since 1998." Most of the shops we were in and out of within a matter of minutes. Mimi's The Look For Less was a different story. Poor Brad waited patiently on the couch as I perused through jewelry heaven for about 30 minutes and then purchased a bracelet for myself. My favorite part of the day, however, was our stop in the Sweet Grass Dairy Cheese Shop tasting different cheeses and eventually picking out a nice wine to go with our favorite one. Perhaps the most memorable part of the day was when we were lured into Harden's Taxidermy by the huge deer out front. Of course, I had no idea it was a Taxidermy shop, I just liked the deer. I guess I shouldn't have been surprised by the animal-filled room, but I was. Very surprised. And the front room probably would have been plenty for me, but the shop owner kindly invited us into the back to see the fresh deer and diamond-back snake he was working on... we'll leave it at the fact that we weren't hungry anymore when we left there. On our way out of town we drove past "the big oak tree," one of the tourist attractions we had been hearing about all afternoon. Not that I was disappointed by it, but for some reason I was expecting more that just a big oak tree. Regardless, the tree was beautiful and we had a really fun day! Now I'm off to enjoy that wine & cheese!

-LFH :)