Monday

Well we had a great weekend full of activities that started with helping out at Cornerstone with a banquet on Saturday and then church on Sunday and with eating out at the Pines and then last evening some pickle ball with 5 other fellows at Roaring Gap until 8 PM. The weather was perfect with cool mornings and warm bright sunshine and no rain in the afternoon and evening.

We started Sunday out with a sleep in until 7. After our cups of hot drinks and our quiet times we had oatmeal with fruit before heading out to worship with a great group of folks at Cornerstone. Our praise band was on vacation so our Blue Grass Gospel quartet Priority Blue lead worship with several songs before Pastor B delivered a great message from the book of James. Afterwards we hooked up with the Andy, Mechelle, Katelyn and her beau Curtis at the Pines restaurant for our big meal and only one for the day. The food was tasty and plentiful and afterwards we made a stop for some salad fixin's before heading back to the cabin.

Nancy sat on the deck in the warm sunshine in a sweat shirt as the air still had a chill to it while I vegetated in front of the NFL football games. Both of my teams lost but my hero Peyton Manning with the Broncos put on a show against his younger brother Eli with their win over the Giants. I had set up a pickle ball match for 6:30 outside at Roaring Gap with several guys and we had a newbie show for the first time. Gerald and I were there first and tried to wear ourselves out before the rest of the gang arrived so we left early after about an hour and half. I had picked up a little sniffle due to the change in the weather or because the Goldenrod is blooming everywhere. I could feel the dew falling despite being under the lights so thought it best not to linger in the cool night air.

After a hot shower and a bowl of old fashion popcorn we tuned into Mountain Man  and then afterwards it was lights out for me while Nancy was in the shower. The summer is gone from the mountains this year as its now dark just before 8 PM and the night air has a chill to it as well. The grass has practically stopped growing and the leaves are showing some color and many have fallen off the trees. I do believe we are in for an early winter. We spoke with Amy and its boiling hot in Seminole with thunderstorms and awful humidity. Wish we could send some of these chilly mornings down that way, LATER