2021-10-07 GA,Atlanta to SC,Sumter for my cousins funeral. Then, from SC,Sumter to TN,Copperhill for camping with friends.


The drive from my house to Sumter,SC is about 4.5 hours (266 miles) by google-maps. From there, I drove to Copperhill,TN to camp with friends. The drive was 5.5 hours (305 miles).


I was very sad to hear that my first cousin had passed away. My mother and her dad, were sister and brother and she was a couple of years older than me. Our grandmother, who we called 'Mammy', had a small house in the town where I grew up and a room in the house where Susanne lived. Mammy didn't drive, so my mom or her dad, would drive Mammy between the locations.

Her dad owned a small country store and all of his family helped with it. I remember going to the store and my uncle would give us small pieces of candy. I thought that the store was wonderful. Time has passed and a 4-lane road is now in front of the store where a 2-lane road used to pass. The widening of the highway removed a lot of the front of the store. There were gas pumps and used cars for-sale on the side. When my uncle first bought the property, the family lived in a small space in back. When the family grew larger, he built a house across the street. Later, he built several small houses and rented them. They are now abandoned and not in use. The current store is unreconizable from the store that I remember. The small country store has been replaced by any varity of 'dollar' stores and Walmart. I had to ask what the location of the store was because I only remembered a route number and box number that was used before road names and house numbering was created. It is amazing to see how much things have changed.

Her dad bought a lake-house on Santee and we spent many days there during the summers. Susanne taught me how to water ski. She and I grew-up together and I am sure that my parents wanted me to attend Winthrop University because she went there.

I attended her funeral and wanted to post some about her and my memories. I miss her.



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The camping area where I have met with friends for several times in the past is near Copperhill,TN. Our 'mayor' determines the dates of the gathering and posts it on the internet. On this trip, I was there over a week and we had about ten people to attend and many were in-and-out. The first set of pictures are of some surroundings and beauty of the area. There is a shallow creek nearby where the water bubbles over the rocks.

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While there, most of us enjoy socializing with one another. Often, the group decides that we would like to cook a dinner together. We talk about what food needs to be eaten because an ice chest has thawed, or a refrigerator didn't get enough solar power to keep the food frozen for long. On this trip, a couple of meals included hot dogs and one meal was hamburger. There was also fried fish and chicken and store-purchased pizza. Someone cooked scrambled eggs, hash-brown potatoes and bacon for breakfast. The meals were delicious and, of course, I gained weight.



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