Well Sunday was a busy day once again hugging lots of necks and many handshakes as we visited my old church on Back Mountain Road nestled below North Mountain. After the worship service we took Paw Paw(dad) and Adeline along with Mike and Dee out to a sumptuous lunch in Hayfield(don't these down home names thrill you) where some of us dined on roast turkey, fried chicken, pork chops and a chef salad for me. The food was good and plentiful.
We started the day with a 7'ish rollout and the temps were down right chilly to start with but quickly warmed up to the middle 80's. We made the trip through the mountains as we headed to St. Johns Church built originally in the 1700's. We made a trip through the cemetery observing familiar names and a few tombstones that dated back to the Revolutionary War and a great-grandfather who was part of General Robert E. Lee's contingent. We met with several folks who I grew up with and some we are friends with on Face Book. It was a great reunion there as well. Afterwards we travel to a community eatery that was packed with patrons for a good meal and then with full bellies we headed up to the waterfalls that our little community was named after, Mountain Falls. Nancy and I visited the waterfalls the year we were first married and now visited it again today after 35 years of marriage. A lot of water has gone down those rocks in 35 years. The views from the top of the mountain were gorgeous and it started to really heat up after such a cold start.
We took Paw Paw and Adeline home and stayed and visited for awhile before heading on down the valley to Woodstock. The old farm houses are evident to this roadway with a mixture of the more modern homes as well. The vista is just beautiful and some of the trees are showing some early color as well. We taught mike and Dee the new card game, Euchre we learned last week and they loved it as well. After 4 complete games we were tied 2 each and it was getting late as Mike leaves for work in Winchester around 7 AM. We dined on finger food with jalapeno poppers, port wine cheese and some deer salami and a taste of vino.
Well we head back to the cabin this morning for an anniversary celebration supper with Patrick and Kathryn as this is their last week in the mountains as well. They will head back to warmer temps next week as well as we leave on Wednesday for about 10 days to celebrate several birthdays. This will be a week of traveling, preparing lots of meals and I hope a little pickle ball play at the gym later this week, LATER Pictures will follow tomorrow!!
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