Gold Rush Days

So yesterday I went to visit the 'rents, err, I mean Brenda's parents so we could go to Gold Rush Days, Dahlonega's annual festival. I'd been a bit of a hermit lately and I knew the parents wanted to see me *G*. Of course, another draw was festival food, LOL. I parked at their house and then Mary and I walked to the festival, which is the beauty of a small town. The live close enough to walk into the heart of the city, LOL. Unfortunately, I put on sandals I bought 9 months ago but never wore. Needless to say, I have a couple of blisters today.

The first thing we did was get food. Mary wanted a gyro and I love them so that was our first stop. These suckers were huge! So we grabbed them and our drinks and walked to the park to sit down and eat. Too bad we were so excited about our food we forgot to grab napkins and mom is a messy eater, LOL. Since the gyro was so huge I didn't finish it, a girl has to prioritize stomach room and it's a good thing I did, a couple of places gave samples, yummmm candied pecans (if the sold smaller bags I would have bought some but I didn't need $6 worth) and there was a fried apple pie that was delish! Mom says she knows how to make them, good to know. Oh yes, we also had a sample of some pumpkin bread. When we weren't sampling we wandering the different booths checking out the jewelry and crafts. I got a fabulous new pendant. It's not a great pic of it but you'll see me wearing it a lot in the future *G*. Mom also got a new necklace from a different vendor.

After a couple a couple of hours we were both pooped and had digested enough to get the roasted corn. I'm a sucker for fair/festival corn. We also grabbed some lemonades and butterfly potatoes (they looked like fries but were too oily and soggy, bummer) and a funnel cake as well as a corn dog for dad and headed home with our bootie. Once we got back I kicked off of my shoes and we feasted on their back porch until it was time for me to go home. The ride back was a killer though because everyone else was leaving at the same time and my hour drive became an hour and a half. Luckily I didn't go for the turkey leg like I wanted to (mom said no, LOL).

BTW, I have only heard from a couple of you over the fact I'm in the DEDICATION of BLOODFEVER!!!! So if you were in such a rush to start reading that you didn't notice go back and read Karen's wonderful words to me. Good thing I didn't let it get to my head, my head was already big *G*.

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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. :)