A Trip to Georgia

 Annie, Abby and Mallory along with Brinkley, were going to drive back to Georgia the first of September so that Mallory and Emmi could live together while Mallory goes to school and works and Emmi is serving her country.  As things worked out - because of COVID-19 - Emmi was not able to process the papers fast enough to have the approval she needs to move off base.  Lynda Ann felt strongly that Emmi needed a visit from some family so she and I flew back to Georgia to be with Emmi for a few days.  It was an incredible trip and full of fun and many memories.

Emmi met us at the airport.  She had already checked in to our rental place and had dinner ready for us.  Jimmy Johns are always the perfect food!  It was also the day after Lynda Ann's birthday and Emmi surprised Annie with a Happy Birthday cake.  

At the airport loading the back of Emmi's car with our suitcases.

Of course I had to take a picture of the American Flag.  So beautiful waving in the wind.

After visit late into the night and morning we went to bed and headed out the next morning for Savannah.  Our first stop was parking the car and getting the ticket printed and paid for to park the car.  Of course, everything has to be a project and this was no exception.  It took Emmi a few times to finally get the ticket paid for and printed.  

This is Emmi frustrated and is my favorite picture of the whole trip.  Her expression just says it all.

We saw the Paula Dean shop and had to go in.  I bought a couple little items.  Nothing real exciting.  It was a fun little shop to go in and browse around.

This was the city Market area.  This is a statue of John Herndon or Johnny Mercer.  He was a composer who penned over 400 songs.  the most famous being Moon River.

From there we went into a cookie store called Byrd's and bought a variety of cookies.  

From here we drove to Tybee Island Beach and walked in the warm water of the Atlantic.  There were not a lot of people on the beach so it was very safe to be there and enjoy the ocean.

This picture a bit out of order but in Paula Dean's shop.  

We ate at Spanky's and had a delicious dinner.  

Finally made our way home and got home after 10:00 p.m.  This are all our shopping packages.  You can see we found some great shops.  We even found a Vineyard Vines outlet store.  One of my favorite shops for t-shirts.  

We were up late again and the next morning didn't get going until about 10:30.  We spent most of the day seeing where Emmi lives and the surrounding area of Fort Gordon.  When Emmi says that she lives in a tiny space, she isn't kidding.  I will say that I've never seen such a tidy, perfectly organized, incredibly clean living quarters.  This is her wall of family pictures above her bed.  She says the pictures make her happy and she needs "happy".

Outside her barracks.

Outside her door.  

More decorations in her room.  Susan painted the Snoopy Sailor with the flag.  Perfect for her room.

Styling with her navy hat!

After going on a tour of the barracks and the grounds and PX, we headed toward home.  We did make a stop at a place called Mema Had One.  Annie had seen it advertised and wanted to stop.  We found out it was more of a antique - junk place.  We had fun browsing through all the stuff but didn't see anything that we wanted to buy and haul home.