Sunday February 22, 2009

After breakfast this morning we decided to drive up to Thomasville, Georgia. We had heard that it was a neat town and it was only about thirty miles north of here. It was quite a pretty town. It reminded us of some of the towns in the midwest: wide main street with angle parking on both sides. Unfortunately, it was Sunday and all of the shops were closed, but we enjoyed walking around and doing a bit of window shopping. They had plenty of antiques shops and it was fun to look in the windows to see some of the wares. We also picked up a walking tour guide and roamed around some of the side streets looking at the variety of architecture which ranged from Victorian to Georgian to Classic Revival and Italian Renaissance. We also stumbled upon a landmark in the town. A huge live oak tree whose limb span is 162 feet which is higher than Niagara Falls is deep! The tree is 68 feet tall and has a trunk circumference of 24 feet. We chatted with some ladies who also were admiring the tree. They were from Tennessee and were heading to Florida for a week's vacation. They very kindly took our picture standing in front of the tree. After walking for a couple of hours, we decided to head back to Tallahassee. We stopped at Publix and got a few supplies to last us for the week. We thought about catching a movie this afternoon, but there was nothing showing that we cared to see. It is a rather cloudy day so we decided to put our feet up with our books and have a quiet day. We may go out to eat later or perhaps we will stay in and have soup. We also have to finish our mango key lime pie. It seems hard to believe that this will be our last week at the lab - it has gone by so quickly - but we are looking forward to visiting our friends Larry and Sandy Levine and then getting back to our kids and grandkids.