The day started with my usual 6'ish roll out and as well for Nancy as we had to leave the cabin and meet up with The Tracy's in Laurel Springs to ride together to Blowing Rock. They are renting a cabin for the summer on the other side of Sparta so we thought it best to meet to where they wouldn't have to drive an extra 20 miles or so to be together. I did my quiet time to honor my Creator and then posted this ramble and had a bowl of cereal with fresh picked wineberries for my breakfast.
I took us close to an hour and half as we traveled down the Blue Ridge Parkway with a potty stop in Boone before arriving at the beautiful Meadowbrook Inn in the heart of Blowing Rock. This is just off the main drag and is just huge with gorgeous spacious suites and the landscaping is so pretty with lots of flowers in bloom as is the whole town with its many flower gardens. We walked to the center town where a public park is located with lots of shade trees and recreational areas for adults and kiddos. We hadn't seen Katie's folks since the week after the wedding when we all gathered to get their new house cleaned and painted before they moved in to start housekeeping.
We were made to feel so welcome with lots of hugs and smiles and after a visit to the park we decided to eat at one of my favorite places in town for great gourmet food at reasonable prices at the Storey Street Grille. I was a little disappointed they no longer have the meat loaf with Cheerwine sauce on the lunch menu and now its only for supper so I had the fried green tomato sandwich with bacon with a very tasty sauce and Nancy had the proverbial cheeseburger and fries while some had the pulled pork on a flat bread and others the Salmon and egg plant parmesan. We dined for nearly two hours as the food was plentiful and had a great time in each others conversations. Afterwards we walked the main street while the gals did the shoppes and made some purchases. The street initially was very quiet with few pedestrians but after lunch it was elbow room as we maneuvered through the sidewalk crowd. We men did fine a few shady areas for some sitting and story telling as the gals perused the many shoppes and merchandise. We did shop the area of the street farmers market which opened at 4 with fresh organic grown veggies, honey's, stone ground grits and flours, beautiful cut flowers and even some home grown meats. We had most of the veggies in our garden with a few exceptions and I learned from a bee keeper how pollen is collected from the bees and preserved for consumption in its raw form other than honey.
We headed out after our good-bye's and left them with an invite to visit us at the cabin. They are limited to their schedule but did make a date for next year to at least visit for the day as we put on the "feed bag" or in modern terms have a cook out. It was a great time to get to know and meet Katie's family and we are so thrilled for her and Bobby's relationship. We got back to the cabin sometime going on 7'ish and decided to forego any supper after the large lunch so I popped some corn and we settled in to watch the news and learned of the horrific terrorist plot that killed innocents in Nice, France by the radical Islamist. We need some real leadership to hunt out and kill these who murder indiscriminately innocents for some ideologically reason. What is with these murderers and the lack of this potus to give our military the go ahead to hunt them down and rid the earth of their presence.
Well it sure was a great day for us here in the mountains only to be soured by this violent action by these Muslims. It the real peaceful Muslims were to be outraged by these radicals then why aren't they doing something about it besides cheering them on. We here in America had better be vigilant as surely these actions will come to pass here again as we have a sympathetic potus to their cause, LATER
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