May 2007 - Week 1 - Greenville, SC

We made it to Greenville last Tuesday night, arriving around 9pm. Ashley picked us up and had graciously TiVo'd American Idol for MA. We set up the basement apartment as our quarters for the next week.

Wednesday morning began with a great welcome from Camryn & Ceci. They remembered us!
Later, MA & I drove south 45 miles to Lake Greenwood to investigate Cane Creek RV Resort, a lakeside community under development where you purchase RV lots, kinda like a condo. The development was VERY impressive but, quite remote from services like grocery store, etc.

Friday, Ashley and Javi drove to Pinehurst, North Carolina to attend the wedding of Emily Wood, a college roommate at East Carolina University. MA & I took over parenting duties for two days. Things went very well until MA & I got a mild case of food poisoning, probably from turkey meat that we grilled Saturday evening.

Ashley & Javi returned Sunday afternoon and we all went to dinner at the Cracker Barrel in Simpsonville...our old country friend.

Monday evening, Ashley & Javi hosted a small dinner party with Betty Alice & Richard Harper, next door neighbors. We all shopped for groceries at the Whole Foods Market where we took this pic. The dinner was delicious and the company was terrific.

We returned to Portland this morning and picked Gypsy up from the Tail-Wag-Inn. She was VERY excited to see us!