Here is the run down of the Gypsy family that has been on the road since Thanksgiving. We started off our trip with a visit to Utah for Thanksgiving (and interviews). This happened to coincide with the famous Pugmire chocolate-making weekend. The Chocolatiers were delighted to have Eole and her mama there working in the quality control department. I’m sure they will try and get us out every year so we can perform our important taste testing task. On the Geary side, we were favored with private violin concerts, and art shows. Where was Daddy during all of this glitz, glam, and chocolate? Holed up in the garage with Grandpa Dave’s lathe.
It was hard to leave cold Utah for the even colder Wisconsin, but we were off to more interviews. While Daddy interviewed, Mama and baby girl checked out the local mall and purchased these darling squeaky shoes for little Booh. These shoes are guaranteed to help Little Girl learn how to walk, and guaranteed to reduce the scowls her mama gets from other concerned mothers when they see Little Girl out in the cold with no shoes on her feet.
We hit warmer climates with a trip to Duke where we enjoyed the southern fried everything platter.
Then we caravanned through South Carolina, where we pulled off the road to sample “Southern Delicacies” such as fried pig skin (Daddy refused to try it) and real ginger ale (super hot). The shop keeper was excited to introduce us to “Boll Peanuts”. “What’s a ‘boll peanut’?” we asked. “No, no a BOLL peanut. Like when you put it in BOLL’N whutar!” “Oh, a BOILED peanut.”
With our arteries just a little more clogged we finally arrived in Birmingham, Alabama, and just in time for their record cold winter of 56 degrees. So what did mama and the little Booh do? Hit the Zoo, which was deserted due to the record cold weather.
