Kathryn and Bill and Bonnie Visit Chimney Rock. Again.

I was supposed to go with Kathryn to visit Huntsville, AL, the place of our birth, but Michael learned a lesson about driving fast on gravel the hard way... So money issues as well as Mike-being-carless issues precluded my trip. So Kathryn came here! Yay! We had the best time. It was great to see her. She wanted to visit Chimney Rock so we did.

Here are Bill and Kathryn with the scenery there. Me and Bill.
Me and Kathryn.

Kathryn is holding this rock up! See the grimace??
Hickory Nut Falls was woefully slow. A trickle, really. I remember standing on that deck years ago and the water came down with such force that we got wet just from the spray. Not any more.
Kathryn and Bill rocked a little in the chairs in front of the gift shop.
This is one of those machines where you put in a penny (and 50 cents...) and you turn the crank and your penny gets smushed into a little copper souvenier. Kathryn did the penny smushing.
And so did I... Here's me with my penny.

And Kathryn with her penny.
This tree at the top of Chimney Rock grows right out of the rock. How does it do that???
Bonnie and Kathryn.
This little guy was IN THE TRASHCAN and scurried out with a snack.
He charged at me right after I took this picture. Everyone laughed at me as I scurried away. OK, maybe he just jumped out of the trash can and startled me, but I FELT like he might be charging...

Kathryn and Bill and I tried repeatedly to get my camera to take a good shot with the timer set. By the time we got this one, we were all crouching down.
Kathryn and Bonnie and scenery.
Us again.
We had a great time. We watched the original "The Producers" (thanks Mike!!) which Kathryn, unbelievably, didn't even know existed! We played Scrabble. We went to Mike's pre-birthday party. We chatted. We had a great time. Hey, Kathryn, come back next weekend, OK?

Now she's back home and Bill's left for a very long trip, so all is kind of back to normal. That was a good weekend.