I Love This Town!

Today was a good day. Lynn and I got up, had breakfast, and started hauling boxes from the apartment over to the new house. Around 1:00 we stopped and drove to a small city about 30 minutes away called Aiken. What a beautiful little city!

We parked downtown and walked a few blocks up and down each side of the main street going in several unique little stores & shops. This is a town of Irish origin. As you walk through the downtown there are little outside cafe's and every so often you'll find a group of musicians out on the sidewalk playing old Irish folk songs.

One thing we noticed right off the bat: The people there are very polite...something we've not found in Augusta. In Aiken, it seems that people take notice of your presence and smile, say hello, wish you a nice day.

We went to the mall, did some Christmas shopping, went out to eat, and then went back to our new home to do some more cleaning. After a couple of hours we fixed some cocoa and sat on the back porch enjoying the quiet...the tree frogs...it was very nice.

Another busy day tomorrow. Will probably spend most of the day hauling boxes. We'll actually spend our first night there next Saturday after the movers move our furniture.

Well...the post has kind of rambled all over the place. Begin the post mainly to say that if you're ever in western South Carolina, Aiken would be well worth a visit.