Over fall break we took a very special trip to Blackberry Farm to celebrate GJ’s 75th birthday! She had wanted to go there for a long time and while we didn’t have full leaf color change, it was still a fantastic fall weekend in the mountains of Tennessee!

Maxwell had to stay in Birmingham for the football game Friday night and Robert agreed to stay with him after a tropical storm warning was issued thanks to Hurricane Isaias. GJ, Spencer, Samantha, and I drove up Friday afternoon. Our drive was uneventful until about 30 minutes out from Blackberry when we got Tboned by a bear! We were driving down highway 321 and an enormous black bear comes running across the median and runs directly into the driver’s side of our car. Thankfully GJ kept her cool and kept driving and we didn’t run off the road. We didn’t realize the full extent of the damage until we got to Blackberry and took a look.

Her car was damaged from front wheel base to back! We have no idea how the bear banged up the entire side of the car and still ran off. We were just thankful to be uninjured! We got check into our beautiful rooms and had an amazing dinner at the Dogwood that night!

The next morning the girls got up and took full advantage of the spa! Perfect for a rainy morning…

Then we checked out the car damage in the daylight…oof.

On our walk back to our cottage we meet Mr. Tom and friends! Let’s just say Samantha was NOT a fan!

While we were checking it all out Spencer was thoroughly enjoying his lazy morning too!

Robert and Maxwell made it up in time for lunch and lots more adventures! See you tomorrow!