Adam called AA and apparently our full flight was cancelled due to weather in Dallas and Atlanta and our only option was to take the 7:30am Sat morning. Considering we were flying home early Monday morning we didn't have much of a choice. The flight was one of the worst I have ever been on - it was a bumpy puke ride the whole way....
The weather in Atlanta was awful...rainy and very cold. After a quick lunch at the Varsity we went to visit my g-ma, Annie Boo. Afterwards, we went to visit my cousin, Michael, at the sports bar he partly owns and to watch the NCAA tournament.
Sunday we went up to Dahlonega to eat lunch at Smith House. Dahlonega is the gateway to the Appalachian mountains and was the site of the first US gold rush. At Smith House you sit at long tables with the guests that came in before or after you. Once the table is full they serve food family style. There is no menu, they just serve whatever has been made that day. On the day we went it was fried chicken, honey baked ham, roast beef, dozen of vegetables, and rolls and white cornbread (no yellow yankee cornbread down there). It was delicious!
At lunch we sat at the table with a woman that was from Dahlonega. She said she was 'in law enforcement' and later admitted she had been a bounty hunter and only recently quit so she could spend more time with her two sons who were also at lunch. After lunch, she told us all about Dahlonega and the gold mine history including all the hauntings. She was very interesting. We wanted to go through the shops on the square and see the scottish festival that was in progress but it was way too cold.
Sunday afternoon we went back to visit Annie Boo. She seemed much more lucid but still did not want her picture taken. Despite her protests, we were able to get a few shots. You can tell from the picture with my mom, that her severe alzheimer's has not stopped her from trying to tell my mom what to do ;oP
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