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The Drive Home From Orlando

         I took a detour/alternate route coming home from Orlando.  Since class was done by 11 on Thursday, I left there and drove to Savannah, Georgia.  I planned on having a nice dinner (see my notebook entry about that fiasco), but things went haywire due to my 'poor planning'.  Friday morning, I went to the Bonaventure Graveyard, a graveyard made famous by the novel, "In The Garden Of Good & Evil".  It is beautiful there, the Spanish Moss on trees, the Mandevilla's with the morning's dew on them really set the stage to allow my thoughts to roam.  I drove from Savannah to a small town (Hillsville) in Virginia yesterday, after enduring at least 2 hours in slow traffic due to road construction.  Today I made a stop in West Virginia to look at a glass warehouse, but it was too packed, lines too long to make a decent purchase.  I could have made it home tonight, but decided to stay one more night on my hotel points after realizing I was feeling pretty tired.  But another stop was made before I quit for the night.  I stopped at the Schimpff Candy Store in Jeffersonville, Indiana.  They make candy the old fashioned way there, all types of candy.  I could have watched them making that cinnamon hard candy for hours!  Not to mentioned Chocolate, Toffee, Lemon Drops, and so much more.  I had to force myself to leave....

         Here we see Steve, a fourth generation family member rolling the cinnamon candy mix on a metal table, allowing it to slowly cool.

         Here's one of the Mandevilla's in the mornings dew.  In a different shot, I found a small gecko relaxing on one of the flowers, but it's not this photo.

         Tomorrow I will return home for a week before spending four weeks in a row delivering classes in the field.  Will be in Alamogordo, Toronto, New York City, and Spokane, then spend six weeks at home before traveling again.