Well Friday started out with a 7ish roll out. We had to be back into Sparta at 10 AM for a meet up with The Tracy's at JB's for breakfast because the attendant at Alleghany Meats was unable to find our order on the way home Thursday evening. This is the second time we have dealt with her and she no doubt has some learning to do in the business world, oh well. It gave us an excuse to visit with Patrick and Kathryn and to try the breakfast at JB's as we have heard great things about their breakfasts. We know their pizza is the best in town as well.
After a sumptuous breakfast of omelets, grits, taters, pancakes and oatmeal we waddled out around 11'ish. After picking up our meat order we headed home to package it and get it ready for freezing. We then tided up the cabin, packed our bags and got ready for a 3 PM leave for Virginia. It was in the low 60's with no sunshine and a rain mist at times as we headed into Galax to fill up. We traveled I-77 to I-81 as we headed towards Roanoke to meet up with sister Dee at her husbands parents house in the suburbs of Roanoke. We made it as far as Radford when the interstate suddenly slowed down and quickly backed up. Luckily for us there was an off ramp which took us in to down town Radford. We weren't the only vehicles that suddenly inundated that small town and the back up through the city was horrendous. We finally was able to get north of the major crash scene that was blocking traffic and get back on the interstate at Blacksburg. That was the first time we had ever been through the business district and the old town area.
We finally made it to Ken and Roswell Dillon's beautiful home around 5:30 and shortly thereafter took off with Mike and Dee to watch his old high school team play a cross town rival at the beautiful Salem City Stadium. Wow what a complex and the place was packed with thousands to watch a high school football team. Mike's alma mater didn't fare to well as they played an undefeated team but the team and community spirit was evident. We had great 40 yard line seats and the game was quite entertaining as it's been years since I last seen a high school game. I played for 5 years starting in the 8th grade and started with the first string the last 3 years of school. It was a rather chilly evening and we all had coats and sweats on to ward against the chill that had set in from the earlier rain in the area. It wasn't long after the game that we hit the sack around 11, LATER
