Blount Springs

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Bill, Henry, and I went to Birmingham Friday night to see baby Cole Douthit, Wade and Melina's new, precious baby. We met Robert, Jennifer, Tate, and the Douthits at Dave's Pizza for dinner. Dave's is definitely a family place! When I lived in Birmingham, we would eat dinner there and enjoy a little live music... now, Friday night is family night! After dinner, we spent the night with the Robertsons and enjoyed watching the opening ceremony for the Olympics.

Saturday morning we met Patsy and headed to her sister's house in Blount Springs. Aunt Sue Ann lives in Mountain Brook, but has this place in Blount Springs as a weekend home. It's an old family place on the top of a mountain with a 9-hole golf course (which occupied Bill for the first hour or so we were there). It's an old dog-trot house that has been converted into the main living place up there, with a two-bedroom guest house next to it. It has an amazing screened porch with a huge swing and lots of rockers. There is a third house down the mountain that has two bunk bed rooms. You have to take a cable car to get there, or you can drive, but of course we chose the cable car! There is a spring fed swimming pool that's quite chilly! The third house on the side of the mountain and the pool are nestled in so beautifully between to high peaks. It's truly an amazing site and a place we thoroughly enjoy. It's so quiet and peaceful and absolutely gorgeous!