2006

April 11, 2006 – Fort Tatham
Left Gainesville at 6:25 AM, cold and sunny. Arrived 3:30 PM, cool, sunny and windy
 
May 14, 2006 - Gainesville
Mother’s Day
Left Fort Tatham at 6:05 AM, temp. 48°. Going home for Katie’s graduation and a bridal shower for Jessica (Andrew Stallworth’s fiancé) Also for me to go to the dentist. Have had a toothache* off and on all last month. Arrived home 2:50 PM
Hot! 90° - 4470
 *got a crown
 
Sunday June 4, 2006 – Fort Tatham
Left Gainesville at 6 am and picked up Anita Beck at the McDonalds in Alachua. She will ride up to NC with us. Arrived 3 pm at Fort Tatham.
  
Friday Jun 9-15 – Christian’s Tour
River Ramblings Tour
Day 1 – Spirit of Jefferson
                Dinner on the Ohio River
 
Day 2 – Gateway Arch and Western Expansion Museum, St. Louis, Mo
 
Day 3 – Mark Twain Boyhood home and museum
Hannibal, MO
River Boat Cruise on the Mississippi
 
Day 4 – John Deere Pavilion in Moline, IL
Machine Shed Restaurant in Davenport, IO
 
Day 5 – Celebration Belle Paddle-wheeler all day
cruise on the Mississippi. 3 buffets and 1 afternoon treat
 
Day 6 -  Dinner at Joe’s Crab Shack in Belleview, KY
Showboat Majestic theater in Cincinnati, OH
 
Arrived back 3:30 on 7th day.
Very good tour.
 
Saturday July 22, 2006 – Gainesville
Left Fort Tatham at 6:10 am – raining, temperature 68°
Florida temp. 96° Hot
Near home at I-75 little rain, Temp. Dropped to 80°!
 
Will be home til Thursday then go to Blountstown for Andrew and Jessica’s wedding on Saturday July 39, 2006. Sparky is staying with Dixie.
Came home on 441 until Lake City then got on I-75 to 441 at Alachua.
Milage 446.6
Time 3:8
 
Thursday July 26, 2006 – Blountstown
Left home at 8:05 am to take Sparky to Dixie’s while we go to Blountstown for Andrew and Jessica’s wedding Saturday at the First Baptist Church in Blountstown, FL. Tom will perform the ceremony. Kristopher and Carla flew in yesterday from Bakersfield, CA. Jeremy comes in today.
 
Sold the cabin to the Becks – got $1000.00 deposit and the rest on October 20. Total $23,000.
Left Fort Tatham at 6 am 10/22/06
Welcome to our house.
Good to be home.
 
Tuesday August 1, 2006 – Fort Tatham
Left Gainesville at 6:08 am for Fort Tatham. Sunny and hot.
Had rain (hard rain) on Sunday from Blountstown to Gainesville and a good hard rain in Gainesville Monday afternoon. Hot here – high 90° to 100°
446 miles
Hot here at 4 pm
 
Friday September 22, 2006 – Last Trip
Left Fort Tatham for good. Sold our cabin to Anita and George Beck. We cleaned out everything and took everything home. David helped as Beth and Mark took home lots of the stuff.
 
It was sad a the pot luck supper last night with everyone saying they were going to miss us and so sorry to see us leave.  We left at 6:05 am this morning. It rained for the first hour and then it cleared up. It was about 52° this morning. Yesterday was a gorgeous day. Sunny, cool and a beautiful breeze. We will miss this time of the year. Leaves should turn about 20th of October. We can always visit next year.
 
Gas in GA $2.09, 10¢ down from last trip
Got home at 4, 10 hours
Had to go slow pulling trailer full of stuff.

I was quite surprised that Mom and Dad sold their cabin at Fort Tatham for they loved it so much and had been going to Fort Tatham since 1991 to escape the hot summers of Florida. They bought their first cabin there in 1994. They said it was getting to far for them to travel, particularly since Mom had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s. I think it also had to do with many of the old people they knew that also had cabins there had passed away including their best friend Billy Yawn although Betty still had the cabin.  Mom and Dad sold their cabin to Anita Beck who was a longtime family friend and Betty’s sister. (Helen Anita Dixon#FE044)