Stuck!

Sidste weekend var der ikke vildt mange planee på programmet, og jeg havde derfor invitere Flora og Nadine med ud i Jim og Theresas lille hytte, og bare se nogle film og slappe af. 

Og som det nu er når man får nye gæster på besøg, så skal man jo give en lille rundvisning, hvilket hos Jim og Theresa skal indebære en tur i "Kybota'en" rundt omkring den lille sø og ned og se lidt af skoven nede bagved huset. 

Det havde bare regnet rigtig meget de sidste par dage.. 

Så da vi på et tidspunkt kun med nød og næppe (og 4-hjulstræk) kunne komme videre, måtte vi hellere vende om - men det nåede vi heller ikke inden vi sad fuldstændig fast i mudderet!

Vi prøvede det meste: frem, tilbage, dreje, ikke dreje, højt gear, lavt gear, 4-hjulstræk, 2-hjulstræk - men intet virkede!

Til sidst måtte vi give op, og ringe efter hjælp.

Jim kom straks til undsætning med traktor, og kunne trække os op på mere tørt land, så vi selv kunne trille tilbage.

Til aften var vi forbi "Smokin' Pig" for at hente aftensmad med tilbage til hytten. Smokin' Pig eren lokal restaurent som serverer traditionel, sydstats barbeque - dvs. blandt andet pulled pork med coleslaw og mac 'n cheese - der var nok til dagen efter også ;-) 

- Og så havde vi naturligvis rigeligt med snacks og snoller til de mange film vi fik set i løbet af weekenden :-) Heldigvis væltede det ned med regn stort set hele weekenden, så der var heller ingen dårlig samvittighed over bare at være indenfor. 

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I didn't have that many plans last weekend, so I had asked Flora and Nadine to come out to Jim and Theresa's cabin to just relax and watch some movies. 

And as it always is when you have new guests coming over, you have to give them a tour, and at Jim and Theresa's the tour must include a ride in the Kybota around the pond and down to the woods behind the house.

But it had been raining a lot over the last couple of days. 

So at a time when we could just barely go on on the path (by using the 4wd), we thought it better to try to turn around - but unfortunately we never got that far because we got completely stuck in the mud!

We tried pretty much everything: back, forwards, turning, not turning, high gear, low gear, 4wd, 2wd, but nothing worked!

Eventually we gave up and had to call for help.

Jim came to our rescue right away with a tractor and managed to pull us out to more dry land, from where we could make our way back.

At night we went by "Smokin' Pig" for take-out. Smokin' Pig is a Valdosta local restaurant, which serves traditional, southern barbeque - among others, pulled pork with coleslaw and mac 'n cheese - there was plenty for the next day ;-)

- And we also had plenty of snacks and candy to go with the many movies we watched during the weekend :-) Luckily, it was pouring rain most of the weekend so we didn't have the slightest of a bad conscience about staying in.

Saturday in ATL

Efter en lang og umattende fredag dag, aften (og nat), var vi mildt sagt smadrede da vi vågnede lørdag. 

Vi havde en reservation på SunDial til kl. 12.30, som vi dog heldigvis fik skubbet en time, så vi kunne blive friske ;-)

SunDial er hotel WestInn's restaurent som ligger på 72. etage i den højeste hotelbygning i den vestlige del af verden - og så drejer den rundt! - restaurenten altså.. 

Så i løbet af en time, når man altså at have udsigten af Atlanta fra alle vinkler :-) 

Maden var heller ikke helt tosset, og eftersom vi kom til frokost var det heller ikke specielt dyrt. 

Om eftermiddagen gjorde vi et forsøg på at tage ud og shoppe, men måtte erkende nederlag til behovet for en lur inden lørdag aften. 

Da vi havde fået sovet og igen fået appetit, tog vi ud for at finde noget god sushi (det må man da kunne finde i en stor by som Atlanta). 

Vi fandt sushi, men det var altså desværre ikke helt ligeså godt som prisen - det lader til at sushi ikke så populært her i syden, som det er derhjemme... 

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After a long Friday afternoon, evening (and night), we were mildly exhausted when we woke up Saturday.

We had a reservation at the SunDial at 12.30, which we managed to push for another hour to actually get ready for it ;-)

SunDial is the restaurant at Hotel WestInn. It is located at the 72nd floor of the highest hotel building in the Western hemisphere - and it spins! - the restaurant that is..

So in one hour, you get to see Atlanta from every point of view :-)

The food was also quite nice, and since we were there for lunch it wasn't too expensive either. 

In the afternoon we made an attempt to do some shopping, but had to quickly accept defeat as we simply needed to take a nap before Saturday night arrived. 

After sleeping and regaining our appetite, we headed out to find some good sushi (in a big city like Atlanta, they must have good sushi!)

We did find sushi, but unfortunately it was not as good as the price they wanted for it - it seems like sushi is just not as big a thing here in the South as it is back home...