Five Friday Happy Bringers 12/29/23

My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.

1. Our little cabin on Lake Delano at F.D. Roosevelt State Park in Pine Mountain GA over Christmas weekend.

2. HR grilling bbq chicken thighs while I watch comfortably from the cabin porch.

3. Speaking of grilling, driving to Dowdell’s Knob near the state park to see where FDR had a stone grill overlooking the Georgia hills.

Here’s the … “grill.”

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT LOVED TO PICNIC HERE, AND HE HAD THIS GRILL BUILT. IT WAS FILLED IN TO PRESERVE IT.

F. D. R. Warm Springs Memorial Commission

Well, it ain’t a Big Green Egg.

4. The Joy of Travel.

5. Surviving the hilly and creek-crossing 4.2 mile Cascade Falls Hike (a part of the 22 mile Pine Mountain Trail) on Christmas Eve.

May we all have Reason to Smile as we hike toward the end of 2023.