Lana and I left Friday morning for a drive to Atlanta to
visit some good friends of hers. It was about seven hours. Lana drove down
while I read, and I drove back while she tried to nap and didn’t succeed very
well. We stayed with Doug and Katherine, whom I’d never met, and they were very
kind in treating us to a great time and great eats. Saturday night they even
treated us to Star Trek: Into Darkness.
Although there were clearly some plot twists of convenience rather than logic,
I enjoyed the show quite a lot and would recommend it for Trek fans. The actors
nailed the characters very well, particularly the Spock, Bones and Checkov characters.
I don’t want to say much more to avoid spoilers
Saturday during the day we went to see Stone Mountain, which
Lana said was on her bucket list. This is the largest “carving” in North America
apparently. It consists of images of Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and
Stonewall Jackson cut into a massive granite dome that is awesome in size. Lana
and I were more interested in the rock formation itself than the carving, and
we took the sky tram to the top of the dome of rock and explored it. Simply
amazing.
Saturday evening, after Star Trek, our hosts queued up some
episodes of the SF series Firefly for
us. I had heard good things about it but had never seen it. I got hooked pretty
quickly and will have to watch the remaining episodes when Lana brings them
home from the library. There’s very nice chemistry between the characters and
good acting all around.
Sunday, Lana and had brunch at a very nice German restaurant
in the area. The pork fritters and sausages were delicious. In the evening we
visited a used bookstore, and I bought quite a few books that I’ll have to
report on some time. Then we had a grilled supper and watched more Firefly. Monday was our trip home.
Although I wanted to get back to writing on Tuesday, I’m not feeling very well.
I went to the dentist this morning and found out I have a cracked tooth that
will have to be crowned. In the meantime, they set to cleaning half my teeth
and my teeth and jaws are aching horribly at the moment, too much even to get
my hoped for nap. The numbness finally wore off by 3:00 and I was able to get a
few bites to eat. I get to look forward next Wednesday to having the other half
of my mouth feel this way.
Anyway, off to visit blogs now.
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