Sunday morning I asked my hubby..."what do you want to do today?"
"absolutely nothin" was the answer...
"do you want to go for a ride?" I ask.
The next thing I know we are packed and ready to go, but where?
I never asked until we were heading down the road that had the sign,
DeSoto State Park
What a beautiful ride!!
Please feel free to "
bigify" the pictures as
Tammy says.
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See the house at the top right? What a view.
Last night, long after I saw this feat in person...I was having anxiety attacks!!
hahaha!
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The house on the hill.
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Salty Skimmer
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A lifer for me. Variable Dancer.
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This was a plant I've never seen so if anyone knows what it is I'm up for learning!!
Two Skippers here.
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I'm going to say Fiery Skipper for the light one. The other one is difficult...maybe a Little
Glassywing? Anyone out there want to pipe in?
UG!!!
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I'll keep my feet on a nice wide surface!
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We rode to the Azalea Trail, but the water was low and there really wasn't much water to see.
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Next was LUNCH at the
DeSoto Restaurant. A lovely buffet with lots of good southern food! We noticed a group of folks that came in after us had Corvette Club shirts on and when we left this is what we found in the parking lot!
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Be still my heart.
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The only thing better would have been the Subaru
WRX Club parked here!
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We then rode to
Sequoya Caverns, but alas...note the sign on the gate!
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Well, all was not lost, Morgan got to say hi to this friendly fellow.
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The trip was so much fun! 158 miles and 6 hours!The temps in the upper 90's.We drove through three rain showers on the way home and I just couldn't help but laugh out loud. It was a cold prickly rain but it felt SO VERY GOOD!!