Touring Greenville

Chris is taking a few days of vacation so we toodled up to beautiful Greenville, South Carolina, for a couple of days. Reedy River Falls Park, smack in the middle of downtown, is simply gorgeous. I loved the native plants, all in bloom.




Chris had an accumulation of hotel points from business travel, so we were able to stay free at a brand new hotel right on historic Main Street. That was a real treat! Of course, John didn't notice the lovely appointments and charming details. What he favored was the super-powered air conditioner at just his height. John would stand there--the air fluttering his air straight upward--laughing like a lunatic! (I never captured the perfect photo of it.)




We enjoyed a delicious and relaxing dinner at the Trio Brick Oven Cafe. We each ordered the "penne goat": a penne pasta with goat cheese and other tasty tidbits (Chris' with duck sausage). That evening turned out to be one of John's best night eating solids yet. He happily ate bread, kalamata olive, penne pasta, goat cheese, and duck sausage. Now, keep in mind that John only ate about one Cheerio-sized bit of all of those items, but that remains a successful night for him!

John behaved very sweetly and quietly at the restaurant. Then, as if he knew that we were trying to enjoy ourselves, John fell asleep in the hotel room right next to us with the television going (rare!), allowing us to watch an entire movie in one sitting ("Evan Almighty")! It's only taken nine months.

Just his height: Here is John cruising around beneath a table at a restaurant where we stopped for lunch.

On the drive home, we stopped by a Lodge outlet store and bought a ridiculously inexpensive deep, 3-quart deep cast iron skillet with a lid, which opens up new cooking avenues to me. Domestic excitement!