Epic, Part Five

As you might imagine, Ana and I were (just a little) exhausted after our Friday night adventures. Which means we slept much later than either of us ever sleeps, and Ana did not perk up until after the 2nd cup of coffee. We started the day with lunch and remained confused about time for a long, long while. In fact, we started the day with burgoo, a Kentucky specialty that Ana had brought specially for me. Then we hit up the colonial part of town.

We started with coffee and ended up with hot cider. In between we wandered though the streets of 1776. Then I took Ana on a quick and dirty tour of the College. After that, worn out too easily by our hours of walking and with internal clocks awry, we returned home for a snack. From there, we joined with Percy again, this time to head out to Yankee Candle.

Way back when I was a little sophomore in college and Percy was just learning not to be afraid of me and I thought he was crazy (not much has changed), he told me, "Yankee Candle is better than Disney!"

While I could easily contest that assertion, I freely admit to, and admire, its awesomeness. We visited the candy store. We looked for Santa. We found strange kitchen items, such as milk glasses shaped like udders, a fork shaped like an airplane, and stacking-doll measuring cups. We went to Christmas land, where it snows every 4 minutes. And we visited the vast room where they keep all their candles and made friends with a sales girl who enjoyed sharing all her favorite scents with us. On recommendation of Percy's friend from the night before, we found the leather scented candle. It smelled... like leather.

We ate dinner with some alum who were in town and then played Scattegories until bedtime. Saturday was much fun but, by far, the least epic of the days.