Below and the following pages are my travel log. Pictures can be seen by either clicking on the link on page 3 of my writings.

11/7-I was supposed to be at the Appleton by 8:15 so left home at 7:20. Traffic moved so well, probably because most seniors were off the road that I arrived at 7:40. There were quite a few already standing outside the building with their suitcases. I figured I brought heavy enough clothes but not by what I saw people wearing. Most were wearing heavy coats, hats, & some with gloves!! They can’t all be on heart medicine, which supposedly makes people cold.
We started out right on time. Dodie Jerz headed this trip. She introduced us to Suze, who will take her place from now on, as Dodie will be retiring. The trip started with an audio that always starts each trip & which I could have done without very nicely. It was Willie Nelson singing, “On the Road Again”. I sat with a Margaret Smith who lives north of OTOW on 27. She’s gone on many of the trips & so picked the 3rd row. We had people from The Villages & communities in that area, Beverly Hills, etc.
After a couple of hours, we were each given a small bottle of water & a health bar. We stopped for lunch where there were many fast food places. I ate with Dodie & 2 docents at Wendy’s. Awful but with 60 people, there weren’t many places to go.
The bus pulled up to the Mulberry Inn, which is a Holiday Inn, in the heart of the Historic District. Each afternoon, from 4 to 6, there is a complimentary tea with a pianist playing nice music. Our luggage was pulled off the bus & would be taken to our rooms.

We left to visit The Telfair Museum, the oldest art museum in the South. It was originally a mansion. The Owens-Thomas House is a historic house museum. The new Jepson Center is way too modern for my taste.
My favorite was the Telfair Museum of Art where we saw the art & collection of landscape painter James A. Suydam called Luminist Horizons. It reexamines luminism, a mid-19th century landscape aesthetic celebrated for its distinctive qualities of light & atmosphere. There were also some fine impressionist paintings, which I can’t get enough of.
I thought of Lou when I saw the Ansel Adams: Celebration of Genius show at the Jepson Center for the Arts. All the pictures were in white and all shades of black. I noticed that this brought a different meaning to landscapes than the colored ones I’m used to. There certainly is a place for both to look at and ponder. The rest of the Center I looked at as we had a guide but could have done without. The art & sculptures were all modern which I detest.
The Owens-Thomas House is a historic house museum. It is considered by architectural historians to be the finest example of English Regency architecture in America. A guide showed us around. It was interesting looking into each of the rooms. We went through the main house, carriage house & collections of art and antiques.
The bus brought us back to our hotel & Dodie gave us our keys. Since it was around 5:30 I, & many others, stayed to listen to the guy playing piano. Meanwhile, we sat around drinking tea (not me as they were in tiny cups & saucers) & munching on dainty cakes, etc. This enabled me to meet & talk to a few people from our bus. After this, most of the people left to walk or take a cab to the better restaurants around. A few of us stayed & ate at the hotel. I sat at a table with Muriel & Kathleen, both living at OTOW. The food took over an hour to arrive & was horrible when it did. We sat & talked for a couple of hours getting to know each other better.

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