March 23, 24, 25 2015 Spending time with Grandsons
I cooked pancakes and fried eggs for breakfast and served it with all-natural blackberry syrup from Carver’s Orchard, that I had bought at the Apple House in Cosby Tennessee.
After breakfast (which was around 8:00 a.m.) we traveled to Athens, stopping at the carwash to wash and vacuum the van.
We had an appointment at Champion Chrysler Dealership to repair the control panel for the driver's window and a battery for the key.
While we waited the boys ate chips, soda, and coffee from the waiting area.
We rode to Decatur to look at a 2007 Honda Van at Honda of Decatur.
My husband made a down payment of five hundred dollars on the Honda then we rode to Rogersville to get a cashier check at LECU.
We rode back to the Honda of Decatur to make the sale final.
We called our insurance company to add the 2007 Silver Honda.
It was after lunch and everyone was getting hungry so we took the boys to eat fish at
McCallum's is one of our favorite places to eat seafood. The boys had never eaten at McCallum's so it was a treat for them.
Montana ordered fried frog legs, fries, slaw, hush puppies, and sweet tea.
He said he had never eaten frog legs and wanted to try them. I said if you order frog legs you will have to eat them.
He ate all but two of the frog legs.
Nevada and my husband ordered a plate of shrimp and catfish with slaw, baked potato, hush puppies, and sweet tea.
I ordered grilled chicken, slaw, baked sweet potato and hushpuppies, and Un-sweet tea.
We brought home two frog legs, all the hushpuppies.
The food is always good but more than enough for one person to eat, we always have leftovers.
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| Catfish and hushpuppies |
We took the boys to Wheeler Wildlife Refuge Museum and the walking trail.
The boys and I walked to the view area where we saw a large crane, turtles, several ducks, either a hawk or an eagle.
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| Atkeson Cypress Trail |
We walked the 1/2 mile Atkeson Cypress trail where we crossed over a bridge on either side that was a swamp full of cypress trees, turtles, snakes, fish, and birds. The bridge is wooden, part of the trail is concrete, and the remainder was a gravel or grass path.
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| Walking the Atkeson Cypress trail |
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| Cypress Trees |
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| Grandsons |
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| Birds flying above the marsh |
At the viewing area, I think we saw an eagle but, it could have been a hawk. The hawk or eagle frightened the smaller birds into the air, he was hunting for food.
We watched the large bird fly what looked like, up into the clouds.
In the gift shop, I bought six very large postcards.
The boy picked out some rocks and Indian arrowheads.
We stopped at the birding trail at Wheeler Dam, the boys and I walked along the edge of the Tennessee River we saw many different birds swimming, flying, and catching fish for their dinner.
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| Looking for birds |
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| Looking for birds |
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| Looking for birds |
The boys and I enjoyed the day with my husband while he took care of business.
The boys spent Monday through Wednesday with us.
On Monday the boys worked in the yard picking up tree limbs and debris, I gave them money for working in the yard
Tuesday, we had business in Athens and Decatur.
Wednesday we had business in town, and we took the boys to the Blue door where Nevada picked out a pair of shoes, and a necklace.
Montana picked out a necklace, wristband, and hat.
We went to Rosie's Mexican Cantina Restaurant for lunch, the boys said they have never eaten at Rosie's
We started with a large bowl of white cheese dip, salsa, and chips. My husband ordered a large taco dinner which consisted of chicken on soft and crispy tacos.
The boys and I shared a lunch chicken fajita which is served with three homemade flour tortillas, sautéed peppers, onions, Pico de Gallo, sour cream, cheese, Mexican garlic butter, Mexican rice, charro beans, and guacamole.
The boys and my husband ordered sweet tea and I drank water with lemon.
We finished the meal with a commentary bowl of vanilla ice cream.
We came back home, I took a nap, the boys played outside and my husband watched tv.
