Well Saturday was another day of firsts for us as ventured down off the mountain to HOT Winston-Salem, Yeow it reminded us why we left Hot Florida just 2 weeks ago. Wow have we been busy in just these 2 past weeks. We saw a couple of our friends at the Wake Forest Baptist Hospital, did a little shopping at Sam's Club and Aldi's before driving back a different route through the beautiful foothills.
The morning started out with a 6'ish rollout for me. After I did my morning routine(s) that started with a cup of hot green tea, a few quiet moments, the posting of this ramble from the activities from the day before Nancy decided to use up a couple over ripe bananas in the batter for some buckwheat cakes. Wow that is one fine breakfast to start the day and they held me until we ate supper with Kathryn and Patrick around 6 in the evening. I headed out to check on the gardens before we started down the mountain around 10:30. We took the interstate into downtown and easily found this humongous complex called Baptist Hospital. I've never seen anything so large like it anywhere in Florida.
We finally were able to get in to see Eddie and he was attached to many tubes and lines that basically kept him alive but he was conscious and alert despite not being able to talk. We did all the talking and at times he was able to lift his left arm and move his right leg and could turn his head from side to side as well. We had a good visit with him for about a 1/2 hour and I really felt much better for his being able to beat this and make some recovery after seeing him. We both felt good that he would recover more quickly if he could just get back to breathing on his own and fight this pneumonia. I think he has some feeling in his lower extremities which we felt was a great sign. Eddie is such a fighter and if only he could get back to communicating that would give him some confidence to recover.
After leaving Eddie we found what room Norm our mountain top buddy was in so we stopped for a visit with him. He is suffering from congestive heart failure and his legs are in terrible shape with fluid retention. He is in his late 80's. He is another tough hombre as he spent the winter alone on the mountain. He acted a lot better than the last time I saw him and I think being in total care at this facility will give him some renewed spirit to fight this malady. He seemed really thrilled that we came to see him while we were in town. He is in a private room and was about to get some physical therapy while we were there so we headed out after a short visit.
We had our GPS so we were able to find our way around albeit we back tracked and eventually left town a different way than we arrived which turned out to be very interesting. The route home took us through small towns on a 2 lane road that we had never travelled on before. The farm land was beautiful and some of the houses were majestic outside the big city. I think the next time we go into the city we will travel this route as it shorter in miles but takes a few minutes longer but the scenery is awesome. We got back around 5'ish and unloaded our bounty before heading once again to Sparta.
We had ordered some meat from a local butcher shop at some great prices and wanted to pick it up before they closed at 6. I loaded the cooler up with ice packs and then we picked up our order and headed to the Tracy's for a delicious meal. They are staying in an awesome cabin with a fantastic views on the other side of Sparta which takes about 35 minutes to get there on a good day. After stuffing ourselves on pasta, chicken and salad with some delicious order'ves to start the juices working we or Patrick and I took off down the hill to feed the alpacas and burrow. We came back and sat on their deck to watch the incredibly beautiful sunset that entertained us until nearly 9 o'clock and then the lightning bug show began. We headed out shortly thereafter as we had to pack up our meat and get it in the freezer when we got back to the cabin.
Well Saturday was a truly a busy day as we never let any moss grow under our feet. After a hot shower and a few moments reading the sandman called, LATER
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