BAM is no longer the # 1 daughter...

Remember when I mentioned meeting Brenda's parents on the 4th of July? They had invited Dao and I up to where they live which is Dahlonega, which according to Newsweek magazine is one of the top places to live in the country. We finally got our schedules set to where we could go today since it's over an hour away. B told us how excited her parents, Don and Mary, were to have us up for lunch and we were excited to see them.

The drive was shorter then expected which was nice, of course that meant we were getting there early so I called to warn them in case they were running around naked, LOL. They actually had company so we met a couple of friends of theirs, Ann and Anne. Ann and Mary showed us apicture of them from when they were little children. I was jealous of the history that they have together. Anne has actually written 5 or so books on the history of Dahlonega. Her name is Anne Dismukes Amerson if you want to look her up. She was kind enough to sign one of her books for Dao and I. Of course I have to read it because I opened my big mouth (shocker!) and told her she should quiz us next time, LOL.

They took us to The Smith House for lunch which has been around since 1922. There we met the mayor Gary McCullough who joined us for lunch. When Mary and Don say they know everyone there they mean it. Last year a gold mine was discovered beneath the Smith House so they showed us that. Here's a pic of all of us. It's the only picture we took (sorry Brenda) and really, it's not a great pic of everyone but when I looked at it all I looked at was how I looked, LMAO. Next time I'll try to look at everyone else in the pic too.So they serve food family style here which you know I'm all about. They just brought out platters of food, fried chicken, ham, yams, fried okra, cole slaw, gravy, butter beans, rice, creamed corn, collard greens and grean beans! Needless to say I couldn't eat all of it but you know I tried. Did I mention the fact that dessert was strawberry shortcake? Although mr mayor got me excited telling me that it would be topped with ice cream but it was actually whipped cream. Needless to say, he got a talkin to, LOL.

Lunch was wonderful. We were eating up a storm (yay) but we had so much fun sitting there talking, laughing and having a great time with each other. I was a little disappointed the mayor didn't walk around wearing a top hat that said mayor I told him I would if I was mayor, of course, I don't see that happening in my future, LOL. Mary showed us the guest room where Dao and I can stay and the mayor has 3 guest rooms for us, Mary has a flatscreen in hers, the mayor had 52 inches, hmmm decisions decisions. I told them we'll have to compare menus to see where we're going for Thanksgiving. It's nice to be wanted *G*. I think they just want to get ahold of my karaoke, I was bragging, LOL.

After lunch we did a quick tour of the city. The Gooches know everyone and we were treated wonderfully by every single person we met. I bought some candy from the general store. We stopped at the chamber of commerce to see Ann again and she took us over to her meet her husband who is a painter, lots of nekkid women, I told them I'd be more interested in nekkid men or even better a nekkid picture of myself! I need to work on that for the future!

We had a wonderful day with Mom and Dad BAM. I let Brenda know that she has been replaced in the will, I think she handled the news pretty well considering, LOL. We will definitely be making a return trip and it has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that there is an Army ranger school nearby *EG*.

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I love to eat and sleep. One thing is more fun to blog about than the other. In between eating and sleeping I love to travel, spend time with my family and talk about myself. :)