Day Six of Drummond Vacation

Friday was just a relaxing day for everyone. Majority of the clan went tubing down the local river. It was so much fun! Uncle Joe and Uncle Roger were the ones that really had to do the hardest work there. If we ever did get stuck on a rock (due to the river being slightly low) they would either get out and steer us all over or around the rocks. There were mini rapids in the river which were fun to get over. 

Later, Doris, Dan, Douglas and I walked around the small town of Helen where we were staying. It was cute to see the little shops.


We stopped at a bakery and tried the goodies there. A bavarian filled muffin for me! 

We had a smorgasbord of food that evening trying to eat everything before we had to leave in the morning. 

Then we played the penny game again - "But only for an hour" says Uncle Bill. I think he was worried he would lose all his nickels. LOL. The funny thing is he won! He came out $8 profit! Good job! Douglas and I came out $3.60 profit! Not bad...for nickels. 

Saturday we leave . Check out by 10:00 am. We all must return to our own parts of the States. Illinois, Washington, Georgia, and Florida. It was and amazing trip. 

So much fun! I hope that next time more of the family can make it out!

Day Five of Drummond Vacation

Dan, Doris, Uncle Joe , Melissa, Douglas and I went to the Ocoee White Water Center on Thursday. It was fun to just play on the rocks and in the cool water. Well for most it was fun to play in the cool water. Melissa and I didn't actually get in the water until the very end because it was freezing.


I did slide down some of the rocks like they were slides - no one went to get the camera to prove that I did it but here's one of Douglas doing it!


The whole clad decided to go out for dinner for the night. Why not try some German food since we are in a German town?! We went to a restaurant called Edelweiss. I don't think any of us truly enjoyed their food! The dumplings were enough to make me barf.




We closed to evening out with playing the penny game - finally! Except instead of playing with pennies everyone brought $5 worth of nickels to play. Dan was the big winner of the evening! Until tommorrow!!!!!

Day Four of Drummond Vacation

Wednesday was what we in the family would call EXTREME Hiking day! What we thought was going to be a walk in the park was nothing of the sort... We went to Tallulah Falls. It consisted of a four mile walk up and down stairs and over and around massive rocks through rivers (which only the young and brave tried). It was sooo crazy and Douglas and I had a BLAST! We want to go and find more places to do more hiking like it. Anyone know of any places? Its definitly not for the faint of heart... by the end we were exhausted! Dead on our feet to say the least. Yeah, four miles you laugh - I can do that! HA! Wait until you add in all the little extras with no real identifiable path...("It was like solving a puzzle" Douglas said)




Douglas, Me, Steve and Melissa went on the "hard part" and we made it back! So we high-fived each other! YAY!!!!



The hiking took the whole day and as you can imagine we were very sore afterwards. So we wanted to do nothing when we got home - except sit in the hot tub, of course!

Day Three of Drummond Vacation

Hiking Day! The entire clan went for a hike today. We went to Anna Ruby Falls Park. It was beautiful! The trek was great on the legs! Very good exercise- some of us had trouble getting up the hill considering some of us are "over the hill" LOL.. But we all made it down safe and sound after Dan's consistent pestering of "Let's take our jumping pictures" - But they do turn out pretty cute!






We returned home where some planned on taking a 10 minute nap (which turned into 2 hours - oops) while the others went tubing... They had a blast!

Later that night the entire clan went for ice cream and miniture golfing! SO MUCH FUN! I had my two favorites - mint chocoloate chip and chocolate chip cookie dough! YUMMY! We split up into two teams to play mini golf (Dan, Doris, Joe, and Roger) (Melissa, Steve, Douglas and I) Of course we had the better team! HA.... I was sooo bad at playing but I did get "almost holes in ones" about 5 times...so not fair.. Ug. Dan won over all.






The evening was filled with games: majority playing Wii Sports - as if they didn't get enough of a work out already today.... Doris and I played Kings in the Corner..FUN!



To relax before bed some decided to take a dip in the convenient hot tub at our place:



BTW: Our cabin in the woods in near a golf course. Yesterday afternoon the family was sitting on the porch when they heard a BANG! They looked over the edge of the railing and you'll "never" guess what they saw! Yeah... a golf ball flew through a ton of trees and hit my car...bang.. right on the roof. I now have a big dent on my beautiful car. I'm very sad!

Day Two of Drummond Vacation

Monday most of the Drummond Clan went White Water Rafting on the Ocoee River. We had a BLAST! Dan and Uncle Joe were the only two that have experienced white water rafting before so the rest of us were virgins to the experience. I have to say.... it was a little easy than I thought. I am not really sure what I was expecting but I know I was nervous and scared prior to getting into the boat.. but while in the boat it was exciting and so much FUN! I am proud to say that non of our party fell out of the boat and arrived safely at the end of the river with huge smiles on our faces! 

We went to Zaxby's for lunch after because of course we worked up a large appetite after such a work out. YUM for Zaxby's

The seven of us arrived home and most took naps because as you can imagine we were exhausted. But after catching our second wind, we decided to do some geo cacheing. We went to find some caches that were close to the small town we were near (Helen). We tried three - the first two were duds. We couldn't find them. I think that people just took them, honestly. Ug.  The third one had us driving from one historical sign to another doing math and reading up on the towns history. Fun for the ones doing it, not so much fun for the ones sitting in car waiting......

Eventually we got to the last stop and we had to all get out and search. YAY!!! I found it first - GO ME GO ME - then Melissa.... then Dan.. eventually everyone after pointing it out to them found it! =) 

We came home had some dinner and wound the evening down with a game of diecapades! (Not so winding down... LOL)

It was a full and FUN filled day with the Drummonds! 

Drummond Clan Together Again!

The Drummond Family has embarked on a family vacation. We (Douglas, Me, Mom, Dad, Uncle Joe, Uncle Bill, Aunt Laurali, Uncle Roger, Melissa and Steve -so 10 of us total) have rented a cabin in Helen, Ga and have a fun and relaxing week ahead of us. It is expected to be full of tons of old and new stories as we enjoy our time with one another! Monday we head to a White Water Rafting Adventure on the Ocoee River.... Stay tuned for that adventure! 

FINALLY - we know

Erin and Ricardo went to find out what they are having this morning and all signs led to BOY!!!! HURRAH! God knew they had to have that boy because who knew what the outcome might have been. LOL.  

CONGRATS OVALLES!!! 

Good Reading

I have been non stop reading lately but one book that I just finished today was "Georgia On Her Mind" by Rachel Hauck. It was great light reading with a good message the reminded me to stay focused on God and to listen for that still small voice. Life may seem rough at times but God has a plan. And you never know who you may influence with your life choices so remember to live your life by faith and trust that God will guide you down the best path. 

Stowaway

We are again off to Kentucky for Douglas' work and this time Baleigh didn't want to be left behind. She tried to jump in the suitcases and "blend in" as best she could. She almost got away with it too being all dark colors an all. - What kitty? I don't see any kitty in the suitcase... (yeah right, but it was definitly worth trying) I love my Baleigh boo.