We were up by 4 and on the road by 4:30 A.M. We stopped at Jack's in Athens for a restroom break.
Ava spent the night so she could go with us.
Our next stop was McDonald's in Scottsboro.
Ava and I both ordered sausage biscuits and Coke.
Hibby ordered a big breakfast, and we spent $12.55 cash.
We arrived at Patches Merchant Emporium around 7 A.M. and began loading onto bus 3010, driven by Guide Susan Black.
We had to make a stop at around 8:10 at the Walmart in Fort Payne to pick up additional passengers.
Our first restroom stop was in Adairsville City, GA, about 11:03 A.M.
We arrived at Gibbs Garden around 12:30 P.M.
Gibbs Gardens
A 376-acre (152 ha) privately owned botanical Garden located in Cherokee County, Georgia.
The Garden started on 200 acres (81 ha) of farmland and woodland along Yellow Creek Road in Cherokee County. Jim Gibbs purchased the land from Broughton Banister in September 1980. Over the years, Mr. Gibbs purchased additional adjacent parcels, bringing the total to 376 acres, including 40 acres in Pickens County.
The Garden opened in 2012 and has 6 feature gardens and 18 seasonal color gardens.
We ate lunch and used the restrooms before entering the gardens.
For lunch, Ave ordered a hot dog, a chocolate chip cookie, and a drink.
Hubby and I split a Rosemary Chicken Salad, Cheetos, and a drink.
We had around three hours to cover the grounds. We walked through the buttercups, tulips, and the Japanese Gardens. By this time, Hubby's hip was hurting, so we walked back to the welcome center, where he talked to one of the guards.
Ava and I walked to the Gibbs Home, which was climbing up a steep hill. We had to stop a couple of times to get our breath.
I was well worth the trip. The grounds around the home were breathtaking.
We began our descent down the steep hill, taking our time.
We stopped at the restrooms and gift shop before heading to the bus. We saw two snakes in the gardens.
Neither a black snake nor a light brown snake was poisonous.
We stopped at Buc-ee's in Calhoun for a restroom break and dinner, which we ate on the bus.
Ava got chicken fingers, fries, and Coke. Hubby got a club sandwich and banana pudding, which we shared.
I was not very hungry, so I ate a few of Ava's fries, a couple of bites of club sandwich, and some of the banana pudding.
We loaded onto the bus and rode to the Rock Garden, located at 1411 Rome Rd, Calhoun, GA.
Rock Garden:
This volunteer-built, folk art pleasure is a must-see! In addition to the acre of flowers and greenery, there is the captivating artistry of more than 50 diminutive buildings. The structures, all crafted from tiny stones, pebbles, shells, odd pieces of broken glass and china, rocks, ceramic tile, cement, wire, and other materials, are designed to imitate their larger counterparts. There are wee-sized churches, houses, castles, a monastery, cathedrals modeled after the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, with stained-glass windows, and minikin porcelain figures of people and animals, some as small as 2 inches. A real-people-sized music pavilion towers over it all, added to serve as a venue for music performances. Open daily from dawn to dusk.
We played bingo on the bus. Hubby won the first game. I tied with someone in one game and won a chocolate chip cookie.
We dropped off the group in Fort Payne and headed to Scottsboro.
We stopped at McDonald's in Scottsboro for a restroom break before heading home.
We arrived home around 9:30 P.M.
It was a great trip, but a long day. Everyone fell right into bed.
4538 Bus 3010 Adairsville, GA @11:03 AM
4539 Reinhart University GA @11:54 AM
4540-4656 Gibbs Gardens Ball, GA 12:45–3:47 P.M.
4657-4678 Travel 3:48–3:57 P.M.
4679-4686 Buc ee's @4:49-5 P.M.
4687-4737 The Rock Garden Calhoun, GA
4752-4758 Moon 9:49 P.M.
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