Georgia Side Trip

I took a 4 day trip to Georgia which started off a bit rough. I flew from Knoxville to Atlanta (about 40 minutes) and then the fun began. To make a looong story short, my flight was delayed for 8 hours. Flying time from Atlanta to Brunswick was about 30 minutes. I could have walked!
Why Georgia? I spent my freshman year of college there (another story for another time) and had 2 roommates. They and their families took me in as their own and we have all remained friends ever since. Janice was dating the man she married (his name is Buck) at the time. Buck's family was also wonderful to me. Sadly, Janice died in April. She had been diagnosed with Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) which progressed very rapidly and took her at the age of 66. Betty, the other of our threesome, lives on St Simmon's Island near Brunswick while Janice and Buck live in Statesboro, 2 hours away.
Brunswick is on the Intercoastal Waterway and surrounded by lovely marshes. The trees drip with moss and are beautiful in a mysterious sort of way. Very deep south.
A view of Bloody Marsh site of a battle between Spanish and English soldiers on July 7, 1742.

A tree dripping with moss.

Buck and Janice had 3 children - 2 girls and a boy. They have 10 grandchildren. Four (2 boys, 2 girls) live in Texas and in Statesboro they have 6 grandsons ages between 15 and 4. They are wonderful boys, fun, cute, well behaved. A joy to be around. Their parents and grandfather are pretty special too.
The only one who heard the call for picture taking.

The boys.

The Gracen-clan missing 2 dads. The Mom on the left is daughter-in-law Celena and on the right is daughter Kimberly.

Some of the little guys peeking in the window of the Mexican restaurant where we had lunch. They are watching their father/uncle getting a table for 12. (We ended up with 2 - one for the little guys and one for the rest of us, which included the 15 year old.) A rollicking good time we did have.