AIRMAN CHIMO TIDD

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CHIMO & JOEY (2019)

CHIMO ART

SCOUT SUNDAY

AUGUSTA

Chimo and I took a day trip to Augusta after we finished with Scout Sunday. Even though it was a cloudy, drippy day, we really liked their riverfront. We also made a quick visit to the Morris Museum of Art, where we were surprised to find a painting we were already familiar with by Jonathan Green. Really wonderful. Many nice pieces in their collection. We drove back through Aiken, whoich is a nice little town.

SECOND-GRADE CHIMO

As he gets ready to graduate from high school, here are a few pictures I captured from Chimo's second-grade Satchell Ford video.

HIKE 2006

Found a few pics from 2006, albeit not the best in quality, from a 2006 trip to the mountains, I think NC. Here are the only decent ones I could pull:

SUMTER

First road trip of 2019. After finishing the annual collection for Scouting for Food, Chimo and I decided to take a day trip to Sumter. For lunch we stopped at a little Thai place. I really liked their curry chicken and bamboo soup. It was really good. Then we visited the Sumter Gallery of Art, which had some very nice watercolors, the best of which for me I have provided a picture below. It looked almost like a photograph, which is pretty amazing for watercolors. I was hoping there would be a Mary Whyte on display, but no. Then we visited the Sumter Museum of History (Williams-Brice home). It was nice, especially the parts where they tried to recreate what the place might have looked like in the early twentieth century. The lady running the place was very nice and knowledgeable. They had some old carriages. The tool display was interesting (if not in real need of some cleaning). I loved the recreation of backcountry buildings in the rat section of the property. Well put together and preserved, and I think kids would be fascinated. I would love to see a living history day there. Pictures below.

SUSHI

I apologize for the fuzziness of these pics. My phone cam sucks. The boys accompanied me to INAKAYA and we had the boat dinner, plus sushi on the side. Both of them love sushi. Somehow we got shorted on shrimp tempura, but that happens. We had started out on the trail of German food, but they moved to Sandhills so we diverted. A bit pricey, but we enjoyed it.

CAMPOREE

Troop 324 tied for first place overall at the district camporee this weekend down in Sumter. Chimo said he helped make an awesome award-winning pineapple-upside-down cake. Apparently two of the boys won honors in archery. Sounds like they had a good time. Herewith a few captures of Chimo from their website.

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CHIMO DOODLE

On a small scrap of paper Chimo doodled this little scene (blown up here a little so it can be seen).

SOCCER NIGHT

Chimo and I attended the Lady Gamecocks defeat of College of Charleston 2-0. Fun game. Last event together before start of his senior year. We will attend future games, as we both had a great time and the game was fun too.

CHIMO

New haircut for the upcoming school year. Chimo will be a senior. Here he is ready to head out for a beach trip to the lowcountry with the Scout troop.

ATLANTA

Chimo wanted to go to Atlanta, so we went to see the tall buildings, which he is fascinated with. Got up early and motored over, and indeed there were tall buildings. First we visited the Atlanta Zoo. Though a nice place, it was smaller than we expected. I think Riverbanks has more, but I liked that is well shaded. And they have pandas, a first time for me. The red panda exhibit was closed though. Then we drove into the city and walked around. We traveled up 72 flights to the top of the Westin (which caused me some anxiety) with great views of the city. Chimo was really enjoying himself. The two restaurants we had hoped to eat at were not open until 4 (though one clearly offered a lunch online). Had a burger in the end. Then came the biggest disappointment. After paying for subway tickets we arrived at the High Museum to find that they had closed their permanent collection. I don't understand them closing the whole thing, but what can you do? They wanted the same amount of money, but for only two lesser exhibits, so we passed. We walked around downtown again, got caught in the gathering of fans heading to concert. On the way home we visited Clemson. We liked the grounds, but thought most of the buildings kind of boring and bland. At dinner we had a nice waitress. It was nice for a day trip anyway.

CHIMO AT RAVEN KNOB

Chimo just finished a week at Boy Scout Camp in the North Carolina mountains. He qualified for his certification for Lifesaver, and spent most of his week on the waterfront. Here are a few pictures I snipped from the troop's website.