July Playdate

Sometimes when you don't know where you are going, you have more fun.

Saturday, Mikelyn and I had our July playdate. This month it was Mikelyn's turn to pick the destination. And Abbeville it was. It's a fun little town with shops downtown and a great little restaurant.

Before we hit up downtown though we were in search of JP's Country Store. A lady Mikelyn works with is from Abbeville and drew us a great map of places to go and things to see. JP's was our first stop. We followed her directions precisely and yet we found ourselves almost in Fort Gaines in GA! It was hilarious. Over every little hill we would say - oh this has got to be it. Or - well, she said it was a few miles outside of town, let's just go a bit further. We saw a beautiful house on a private lake. A couple of locals in Shorterville visiting on their lawn mowers waved as we passed by. We saw rolling hills and acres of pine tree farms as far as you could see. It was all beautiful.

At this point, we had gone a pretty good ways, so I pull out my phone and look up JP's. According to google maps we were headed in the wrong direction out of Abbeville. Oh well. It was a beautiful drive on Saturday morning nonetheless. So we turn around. On our way back into town - probably within a mile or two of the city - we pass JP's. Stop! We do another turn around, determined to check out this country store. Unfortunately, there wasn't much for our tastes in there expect for a diet coke and 3 musketeers, but we found it. A win in its own way.

Back in town, Mikelyn and I browsed the shops. Each time we left a store we were serenaded by the gospel singers on the courthouse steps. The city had come together for a community prayer. There was passion in their words and prayers as they prayed for their hometown. And rich, soulful voices in their melodies.

Our last stop was for lunch at Huggin Mollys. Cute and quaint, this soda shop is a great place for lunch or dinner. From the fried dill pickles to the brownie and ice cream, it was all delicious.

Next month it's my turn to pick our destination. You never know where we'll end up, especially when we don't know where we're going.