We left Wednesday evening for our 6th Annual Mother/Daughter Weekend. (Don't you love that it is a capitalized event?) Paula arrived several hours before us and had everything cozy and waiting for us when we arrived at our cabin on Caddo Lake. We got settled in and spent the next couple of hours visiting and planning our weekend.
Thursday morning (after sleeping in...which we did every morning except Sunday!) we drove into Jefferson and explored the quaint downtown shops. We didn't make it to all of them, because the rain settled in and we were too cold and wet. We did manage to fit in the Gone With the Wind museum, barely making it before the proprietor closed for the day! That evening we rode the Christmas Train. After a late supper we headed back to our cabin, watched a movie and visited some more.
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Library inside dollhouse
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Friday we drove into Marshall. After getting so cold and wet the previous day, we decided not to do any downtown shopping. So we grabbed a quick lunch and then went to watch "Catching Fire". The girls and I had already seen it, but Paula hadn't. I think we enjoyed it as much the second time around! That evening we went downtown to see the lights and do the double-decker tour bus. The light and music show at the capital was fantastic! We also enjoyed watching the carolers performing. We ended up being the only guests riding the tour bus, and our tour guide and driver were very friendly. Actually our experience in both Jefferson and Marshall left us very favorably impressed. Every shop or restaurant that we went to had very friendly service! After our tour, we went to Cajun Tex for supper and to warm up. It was the perfect spot...hot food and bread, generous servings, good prices and good service!
We were a bit tired of being cold and wet, so we decided to stay in on Saturday. Our cabin didn't have a DVD player, so we made a trip to Walmart Friday night to purchase a cheap one, plus to get groceries to tide us over for the day. We slept late, stayed in our pjs all day, played games and watched movies (and prayed for good weather and roads for traveling home the next day!). Great bonding time!
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| view from our back door |
Sunday morning we checked out of our cabin and drove to Queen City for church services. It was really good to visit with our dear friends there. We extended the visit a little longer by going out to eat together. They were concerned about us heading home with the weather and road conditions being "iffy" and tried to talk us into staying the night. We wanted to try to make it as far as possible before having to stop for the night.
The drive home wasn't as bad as we thought it might be. We saw a lot of snow and ice, but it didn't start showing up on the road until we reached Dallas...then it was just mainly on the bridges and overpasses. That slowed us down a little, but we still made it home by about 7:30. Another great weekend together! Already looking forward to next year!
Psalms 147:[17] He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?
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