Drinking and driving don't mix

Well, in this case the driving was Mom and the drinking was bottled water which resulted in the pictures you see here as well as a dislocated shoulder on Mom and many bumps and bruises. We know that someone lost a couple of cases of bottled water on the ramp going from I-20 to I-55. We believe that there was one in the road still that Mom accidentally hit and from her description it got wedged between her front fender and tire resulting in loss of control. Fortunately, when she realized this, she bailed and wasn't hurt any worse. She watched her bike go end over end and land upside down on its tank probably about 30 yards from her. We are still waiting to hear if her bike was totaled or not. Of course, wonderboy Steve was called to the scene. He assessed the situation and immediately hopped on the bike, fired it up, and drove it into the back of his truck. He had to have some help when he got to the top of the ditch because as you can see, the forks and handlebars are a bit bent. The guys helped him turn it around and hold it straight while he drove it in. When I heard Steve start it, as I was walking away, I heard one of the police officers start to say, "That son of a...". I'm sure it was followed by "is going to drive that bike up here." He was right. Now we are just waiting on Mom to mend and we are all glad that she is OK. Motorcycles are replaceable, but mom aren't.

Happy 19!

Steve and my anniversary was on the 24th of November. It's been 19 years. I can't believe how fast it has went by. This year we went to Natchez for the weekend. We wanted to ride our motorcycles but since the high was only in the 40s when we left on Friday , we decided to haul them and ride them around when we got there. We really had a good time. We saw some cool sights and went some places we've been wanting to see. We went to St. Francisville, LA the first night and rode to Morganza, LA which involved a ferry ride across the Mississippi River. That was a cool experience. Also unique considering they are building a bridge there and the ferry will be done away with when it is finished. We also got to eat at Mammy's Cupboard. I've always wanted to eat there. How many places can you go shaped like a giant Mammy? Awesome food too. I highly recommend it. We also had to go to the famous Donut Shop. It was featured by Alton Brown on the Food Network. They were the best donuts I have had in a long time too. That place was busy all the time.

We really enjoyed our time in Natchez. We were there Friday through Sunday and then Joyce and Spencer joined us on Monday and we did some things with them also. I'll post those later. Just wanted to share a few pictures.

Ms. Earlene's

Greg was visiting this week and it was perfect motorcycle weather. Mom, Steve, Greg and I went riding of course (Greg on Dad's Fat Boy). First we went to Meridian to the Harley shop and then we went to a place I had heard about at the library from Mrs. Logan and Martha (members of my awesome book club in Lake). The name of it is Davey's but everyone calls it Ms. Earlene's after the owner. It's south of Newton about 14 miles on Hwy. 15. You would never stop there and if there weren't cars there, you would probably think it's an abandoned building. Best southern food you are going to get anywhere though. It's like Cracker Barrel on steroids. You fill your own plate and often have to share your table with other guests. She asked us to sign the guest book and in looking through it we found names from all over the US from Maine to California as well as Belguim, Germany, France, Italy and England. You don't just get a meal there. You get an experience. There truly aren't too many of those left, so I'm glad we could share it with Greg. Hope he comes back soon, so we can share it again.

PS We did this yesterday which happened to be Greg's birthday. Cool way to turn 4?. We'll leave that a question mark since he is only about 25 at heart. :*)