What an amazing find! We stayed with the spectacular Scott and Sue. Their home was on Cypress Mill Creek and when Bec wasn’t eating Sue’s delicious zucchini bread she was on otter alert at the river! Bec and Scott kayaked down the creek (even conquered the 2 foot rapid!!) and we toured the lake after our bluegrass/folk lunch (learning about Frisbee golf!). One of the highlights of our visit was listening to old Tom Hendricks, a Euchee Native American man “born on the wrong side of the moon” tell his stories about the memorial wall he built to remember his great grandmother who walked the Trail of Tears. [An infamous part of early US history when Native Americans were forcibly removed from their lands and relocated on foot to Oklahoma]. His memorial is an incredibly spiritual place and an amazing testament to one man’s passion and perseverance. We could have stayed all day listening to Tom, and stayed another year listening to Sue and Scott. The only consolation for leaving Florence is our threatened returned. Off to Birmingham now, but the car is spluttering down the road (she doesn’t want to leave either!) xoxoxo B & T
That would have been an amazing experience talking with Tom, American Indians and their culture fascinate me
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