Trippin' with Susan Straley

Facebook is awful and it is wonderful.  Especially for a traveler like me that loves to connect with others and ride or just have a good conversation. Last I left you I had one day left near the Virginia Creeper Trail in Bristol, VA.   I am sure you were rooting for me to go to Grayson Highlands on my last day in the area.  Instead, I decided to stop there on my way back South to Florida in the Fall.  Maybe there will be color in late September up there. Instead I spent the day thoughtfully packing up the bed of my new truck.       And maybe I visited Anytime, I don't remember.  But at 3:30 in the afternoon I decided on a Friday night there should be music on State Street in Bristol.   I grabbed my umbrella and rain coat because it started to rain. The Virginia and Tennessee border goes right down the middle of State Street.  The street signs in the area let you know if it is a Virginia Street or a Tennessee Street. Near where I parked there was a creek and several families of gees

 If things are not going well, just wait it out, things will change.   I last wrote to you when I was at Bald Ridge Creek Campground in Cumming, GA Northeast of Atlanta.  It was a very nice campground and it wasn't far to get to an Anytime Fitness to start working on getting my straight posture back. I had mentioned there were lots of children at the campground.  It was energizing to see them running, playing, riding, and swimming. A woman walked up to get a closer look at Lilac.   Gabriella lives nearby in Cumming and when I asked about all the children, she said that she was part of a group of parents with children in a Catholic School.   The group has a camping outing at this campground twice a year.  The children attend school two days a week and are home schooled three days a week. She said that she has four children.  She told me there were families there with nine children and seven children.   I told her it was a delight to see active slim children running and playing for h