A beautiful day in Blue Ridge - 76 with all sunshine! I left around 9:45 for downtown (2 minutes away). Mark wanted to stay put on Flo. I parked ($5 proceeds are going to avoid euthanizing dogs)
First stop was Das Kaffee Haus for a latte and sat in the window seat of this charming place and sent some texts and e-mails. Then to check out the shops - this is such a neat town full of shops and restaurants (there are 1700+ residents and "77" places to dine!!!). I was especially looking forward to "Gather"" and "Blue Ridge Cotton Co." which were owned by Josh and Gary, former neighbors at CT. 4 years ago when we came here, it was during covid and we were all wearing our masks. We had a nice visit with the guys and loved their shops. A few years later, they opened a shop in downtown Fort Myers in the Franklin Shops. They sold their RV and bought a condo in FM and split their time between Fort Myers and Blue Rudge. Unfortunately, I just missed them as they had been in the shop earlier. Bummer. I left a note....as of last Thursday, they sold "Gather" and combined the 2 shops into 1 "Blue Ridge Cotton Co." - nice!!!
After a few hours of browsing the long 2-block area, I drove back to KOA and picked up Mark. We went back downtown (very busy compared to when I was there earlier). We found a parking spot and went to a favorite from 4 years ago "Cantaberry". We waited almost 40 minutes for a table (several empty, but shortage of help which we have not seen in awhile). The wait was well worth it - this is one of those places that everything on the menu sounds delish! After lunch, we walked around a bit and then headed to the post office and Ingles grocery store.
On home....Mark took a nap and I played games on my I-pad. We needed some R&R after 2 hectic travel days....now 3 more coming up. The latte, shopping and lunch with my hubby were my kind of R& R.
Tifton, GA is our next destination.
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