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Anniversary Adventure {Year 2}

We celebrated 2 years together in perfect Dylabby fashion. I planned a surprise camping trip to Providence Canyon in good ol' Lumpkin Georgia. I saw "scattered showers" in the forecast, but thought, "We can't let weather stop us or we'd never do anything. And it'll probably just be a short little spurt. It'll be fine." So we drove on up and were welcomed in late afternoon by heavy downpour for hours. Phones had no service and we didn't know anything around us, so we decided to just drive until we hopefully found a motel or somewhere to stay.

"Omaha Brewing Company, 14 miles this way" we saw on a sign. "What?! A brewery around here?" Strange but true, and it kept us warm and dry for a while as we figured out our plan. It also brought us a crowd full of funeral goers that offered some interesting stories-- 34 year old lady that had joined a biker gang in the last several years... Said biker gang "raised hell" with all their noise during the processional per tradition.

From there we headed to Columbus and hoped to find a last minute Airbnb. To our luck, the sweetest lady had the coziest historic apartment walking distance from downtown. So we walked around town and had some tasty Vietnamese. Dylan enjoyed chit chatting with our young Vietnamese waiter and hopes to have inspired him to go visit his homeland. I was impressed that the only chain place they had was Salt Life. Way to go, Columbus.

We woke up the next day to beautiful weather with not a cloud in the sky. So we hiked the canyon, Hobie frolicked in the muddy clay, and we enjoyed the heck out of everything. (Side note, if you're thinking of visiting the canyon, I'd say only go if you're in the area. Otherwise it's quite the drive.)

Perfect 2 years of marriage. Perfect anniversary adventure. I am one lucky lady.
 Love my boys 




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  1. My friend Cheyanne wanted me to apologize for the way she got so excited and accosted you on the street while you were walking your Collie... �� Sorry about that, but it's nice to know there's another Collie owner in our area! I don't know if you'd be interested in guest posting on Collie Chatter, but I'd love to repost this or something else of yours where Hobie is featured. �� Congratulations on over 2 years of marriage, by the way!

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