In South Carolina

Arrived Simpsonville May 11. Drove down from Buffalo in Lynette''s car, 770 miles. Took me a bit over 14 hours. Left Bflo 4 a.m. and arrived here 7:30 p.m. Best for road trip: leave in the dark arrive in the light.

Since I've been here, I took Pauline for a drive for a couple of hours to give Alex a break. She is advanced Alzheimer's. Once she was buckled in and door locked, we were off. I drove to Woodruff, crossed the Enoree River someplace, on to Laurens and back through Fountain Inn. Lovely drive. We listened to some Paul Simon classics, and I think we (both, though hard to say) had a good time.

In Laurens, I had to foto a Redneck shop. Only in the South.

Last Wednesday I went to Seneca, SC to visit Cyndi, an old friend from Grand Forks, ND. Sweet little apartment she has:


We had a good time running around Seneca, Clemson, Anderson before I headed back to Simpsonville. This included a stop at Dairy Queen. I just had to give my opinion on the DQ Chocolate Truffle Blizzard. Thumbs up.

BTW, both my grandgirls had birthdays this month. I got here the day before Sarah's (13) and Emily's was yesterday (16). We had birthday party for Em on Sunday Was a great time as she has so many good friends. About 6 of her grilfriends who were here for the party spent the night. Lizanne took the last of the boys home at 3:30 a.m. Maybe he was trying to spend the night LOL

Cyndi drove up from Seneca, also, yesterday. Peter had helped her with her laptop, so she picked that up and gave birthday presents to both girls. Very nice. And she and I went to the Grand Dragon buffet for a late lunch before she headed back home. That was around 7:30 p.m. and I was so pooped that, even though Alex and Pauline were here, I went up just to lie down for a bit. . . and didn't wake up until 5:15 this morning.

This week should be a bit slower as less is going on. Maybe I'll get my address book recopied -- something I've been trying to do since January. LOL