Chapter 13
Maggie Valley, NC
CHRISTMAS FELL ON a Friday, and we planned to make a long weekend of it. We drove to Atlanta Tuesday afternoon, arriving at the Barnett home by bedtime. Lydia came over for breakfast and an early session with Robbie, while we spent some time with our hosts. We had brought small gifts for the adult members of the family, as well as Lydia, and placed them under the huge tree in their library, and when we left, we were loaded down with a number of packages from the Barnetts. We had an early lunch and were on the road to the mountains by one. In Waynesville, we stopped to acquire our usual list of perishable grocery items and a nice six-foot tree.
Robbie had taken a long nap on the road from Atlanta to Waynesville, so he was full of energy and helped us get the
