Thursday Three:

 

[... a day late. Sorryaboutthat.]

1. We've had a full and wonderful week at the Airstream International Rally.

2. This is possibly our longest trip in our camper, ever...

3. On our way home, and just enjoyed a throwed roll or two...

#hardwickadventures

Thursday Three:

 

1. It's been fun catching up with camping buddies this week! Lots of early mornings....

2. The private museum of vintage trailers was AWESOME. Thank you so much, friends, for opening the doors to the Vintage Airstream Club-

3. My thumb is numb /sprained... something... from reading too many books on my phone. Truth.

 

Thursday Three:

 

1. We've enjoyed a week 'at home.'.. doing all the regular home things...

2. Had time to catch up with Craig's mother, the oldest and our dau-in-law, and friends...

3. We've also stayed busy prepping for the next few weeks... and also spent a fair amount of time watching the weather channel and praying for friends who live in the Big Bend area of Florida...

[Edited to add: AND North Carolina and Tennessee - and other areas so affected by the flooding -]

#hardwickAdventures #JudysDobbyCat

Thursday Three

 

1. We celebrated Craig's Mother's 90th birthday on her [real] birthday this week - nothing wrong with celebrating multiple days or weeks, right?!

2. We are in full-on prep mode for The International Airstream event coming up in just a few weeks...

3. But first we're having a wonderful weekend with our Music City Friends at Rock Island State Park... [near Great Falls TVA Dam...]

#HardwickAdventures

Aishling the Airstream Update No. 021

 

 Honeycomb Campground

Grant, Alabama

 

What a pleasure to be back at Honeycomb with 

management that cares about their campers! 

[There. I said it.]

 

We had a great experience with our little group.

This more a gathering than a rally - 

But Craig and Peter still cook us pancakes one morning...

Yum. 

 

And different ones go out to eat throughout the weekend...

Can't beat the strawberry pretzel salad...

 

Or the catfish at Top of The River...

And I'm pretty sure we had nice Get Acquainted Meet-up

and of course BINGO! 

But mostly, it was just nice to relax by the lake 

and enjoy visiting with each other!

Thursday Three:

 

1. We had another fun weekend with camping buddies at one of our favorite places!

2. Enjoyed time with both our boys together and separate... love spending time with them!

3. It's camping 'season' down here, y'all, and we're here for it - lol - currently prepping for a couple of upcoming outings...

Oh. And I pulled out some fall decor from our walk-in attic...[still loving the BeReal app - lol] And, yes, it needs some organizing! #HardwickAdventures

Aishling the Airstream Update No. 020

 Bald Mountain KOA

Hiawassee, Georgia

Oh. My. Goodness.

We enjoy this event so much!

 

Each year we host a group of mostly vintage campers 

in the North Georgia Mountains and 

 

We. Have. A Blast. 

Whether it's hanging by a campfire...

Or playing some serious flamingo train dominoes ..

We have a lot of fun.

Craig always does a shrimp boil one night 

and bingo another...

And of course we take our traditional logo photos

and post them on our FB group -

 

And since there's a creek nearby, we have a 

[not so] little duckie race... that everyone enjoys!

 

The crowd walks along the creek cheering their duck on - 

We're a crazy bunch.

SIDE NOTE: I did my best to get some good photos of #AishlingtheAIrstream with the mountains behind her...

 THE KOA team was WONDERFUL!

They set-up a little golf tournament and awarded prizes to the winners - so fun for those up and about early in the day...

Here's our group photos - golfers and those who cheered them on -

 

Craig and Peter also fired up the blackstones and cooked pancakes and sausage for breakfast one morning... YUM.

And of course we had the traditional pot-luck gathering too...

This group was ready to dig-in - lol ...

Everything we have planned is optional 

and different folks participate in different things...

 

We always end our camp weekends with a short devotional time

before everyone packs up and heads home.

It's just a nice way to recognize the blessings God has given us

and thank Him for this beautiful world we get to enjoy.

Thursday Three:

 

1. I think we're finally caught up on rest --> we've been on-the-go pretty much non-stop for a few weeks now... We've enjoyed it all - especially Craig's mother's birthday party on Sunday. We think it was an awesome day!

2. We had a nice family dinner this week with both our boys - LOVE when we can all be together

3. And now we're relaxing at a favorite Alabama campground where we're hosting a little gathering of friends, and the weather is PERFECT.

#HardwickAdventures

#AishlingtheAirstream

Hallmark's Christmas in July is DONE -

 I finally caught up on all the shows I had recorded.

So I was THRILLED to get this sweet Christmas romance 

book in the mail this week!

 

by Liz Johnson was a delight to read -  

I wrote a quick review on GoodReads  that said, 

"This is a sweet, albeit predictable, holiday romance. 

But don't we all want those books at times?

I read it quickly and really enjoyed their story -

We find Whitney Garrett is still trying to find out what she wants to do with her life... She's tried more than a few jobs, but nothing has really been her dream...

As she's pursuing the next thing on her career agenda, Daniel's aunt asks her to help him fall into a relationship with a woman he is working closely with...

Spoiler:

He doesn't.

This is such a sweet story of fresh love after being hurt in the past.

The characters are well thought out and engaging....

I barely put it down before I finished it.

It's newly out this month - 

Get your copy here!

 Note: I received a copy of this book from the publisher for review purposes.

All opinions are my own.

It's not too early to think about the holidays and get into the Christmas spirit a bit! You'll love it!