vacationing

This past weekend saw me leave town for the first time since last year’s Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo. Though this year’s expo did just wrap up, that’s not where I was. Instead of bumming rides around the wilds of Columbus, Ohio, I spent the weekend in the company of my girlfriend, Rosie, up in Helen, Georgia.

After a pleasant drive up, we checked into the cabin we rented from Blue Ridge Cabin Rentals. We unpacked quickly and slipped into the hot tub. Once we had soaked the road off our bones, I boiled up crab legs for our dinner.

We both had trouble sleeping and were up by 8:30 the next morning. Following a lazy breakfast we headed out to Duke’s Creek. We screened for gems, coming up with quite a few garnet shards and other semiprecious stones. A delicious lunch at the Old Bavarian Inn, a few hours wandering around Helen, a trip to the Old Sautee Store, and another relaxing soak on the back porch finished out the day. Rosie made dinner this time, delicious pasta.

We dragged out the trip back by stopping off at a couple of malls. I picked up a copy of Old Man’s War by John Scalzi which I’ll likely start in on after finishing up Valis by Philip K. Dick. Then dinner at Rosie’s parents’ where we went to pick up her dog Bowie. Then, finally, home again.