Morrow Mountain and Sleepy Hollow Vol 1.

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We went to Badin today and the weather was perfect. The leaves were gorgeous and were just starting to fall so the colors were brilliant. The view was spectacular, as always, and I loved it immensely. The only sad part was that the place we always have lunch/dinner at was closed! Apparently the owner closed it up and disappeared in the night without anyone knowing what was going on. Mom and I didn’t know because we really only go out there around Veteran’s Day and this happened over the summer I think (it’s hard to tell exactly, it’s not really “breaking news” to most of the world). We were doubly said because we thought that meant that we wouldn’t get to see our friend Joe who we always see at the Badin Inn. Mom usually hangs out with him and some of his golfing buddies and they drink a beer or two then I drive the rest of the way home. 

We’ve been making this trip out there for quite a few years now (I wish I knew exactly how many—I’m hoping Facebook will give me a hint tomorrow with it’s memories thing) and we’ve been hanging out with him since this started. Since it was closed, we didn’t think we’d see him. But then we went to one last scenic spot and he was there! Just hanging out, having a beer and looking out over the view. We had a really good laugh and mom got his number this time so we can make sure that we can say “hi” even if we don’t run into him like we normally do, especially if the Badin Inn and Golf Course doesn’t reopen. 

I’ve got work in the morning so I don’t want to stay up too much later and I still have laundry to get out of the wash so I need to get off of here, but I’m glad that the trip did end up being amazing today (I got two graphic novels read and some good pictures!) and that we did still get to see Joe. 

And because I had such a good sprint today, I’m now only about 2,500 words from getting to buy the other book I want! This whole thing seems to be working out really well so I have to say I’m pretty excited about that. This may be something I have to keep doing year round.