Sunday Morning

Well Saturday was foggy and wet to start the day as we needed this type of weather. The sun finally came through just before lunch as we headed out to the mountain or fall festival in Sparta. The whole town is shut down as street vendors, musical groups and food tents occupy the town. The weather was perfect for this event with temps in the low to mid 70's and a nice breeze. After satisfying the gals needs for shopping and browsing the many vendors we headed over to Elk Creek to Sam and Marcia's where the gals once again took off to Wytheville, Va. to peruse the shops and then meet the guys for supper at the 1776 Restaurant.

Well the day started with fog once agin and the rain dripping from the roof. That was a much needed sound as we had been so dry but it sure cut down on all that I wanted to accomplish before pulling out of her early Monday morning for Florida and for getting in a hike, oh well. The grass will survive until we get back the first week in October and there isn't much to do with the gardens except harvest the bounty of cucumbers, tomato's, peppers and now green beans, all of which I will take back with us for our Florida family, friends and neighbors.

We took off for town after our morning routines, quiet times and met up with the Tracy's and Marcia in Sparta(Sam was smart in not attending) around 12:30 to wander the streets. I headed over to the library to renew some books as their website was down and stopped by the Republican HQ's to speak with Sam and Nancy who were manning the site. We had a nice visit with our newest old friends. We decided to car pool with The Tracy's over to the Carlan's where we men watched football until 4:30. We had another half hour ride to the eatery in Wytheville where we met the gals for a 5 o'clock reservation.

Well I must say this venue is very unique and it was built in the late 1700's with much of the original building still being used. There were several add on's which made the place so charming and with several individual rooms for dining. We had such a room that perfect for our last meal together for some time with the six of us. I must say the menu was quite different from the one on the website which had everything priced above our usual means. We were seated right away and our male server was very "on the ball"and right there despite having a whole another room or two to himself. The food was superb and served right out off the oven with steam coming from the steaks and my stew. It was plentiful and very tasty. I would eat there more often except for the 60 or so miles we had to travel there from our place. This was kind of our anniversary supper as we celebrated with friends.

We said our good-byes to the Tracy's as they leave for California on Wednesday until December. We will see the Carlan's again before we leave in November for the winter and then they will probably be gone when we get back next summer as they are moving to the Nashville area. We were back at the cabin before dark and noticed neighbor Gerald was up for the weekend from Blacksburg. I spoke with Paw Paw earlier in the day and he seemed to be resting comfortably after surgery to drain his abscessed shoulder and now another one in his groin area. He is in the ICU at the VA hospital and is in good care. Josie lives near by in Martinsburg and will check on him daily. That was about it for the day except the #2 ranked FSU football team got blown away by a #10 Louisville team, yikes that was horrible to watch on national TV. They must be now ranked in the low 100 teams in the nation after that debacle, oh well.

It's our last worship day at Cornerstone in Sparta for several Sundays as we will be away and back at Bridgepoint Church in St.Pete. Take a few moments and join with others to lift up our loved ones, those in need of prayers for healing and for our nation that we will become once again a nation under GOD. Those in leadership have forgotten or intentional steered US(A) away from our roots that were grounded in our christian beliefs and faith. I'm hoping if we change our ways, confess our sins that GOD will heal our land as his Word promises. We must do this if we want our freedoms and liberties for our grand children; if not we will go down in history much like the Roman Empire that was destroyed from within, LATER

This will be my last post until we get to Florida as I like to leave sometime around 4'ish in the morning on Monday. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers for safe travel. Just an update on a prayer answered and that is the small dog for Kimberly was found after two nights of being stuck in a rabbit hole on their farm. She disappeared and wasn't seen for two nights and the worse was feared. Kimberly heard a whimpering noise down below their house and investigated only to find Bella stuck in an underground hole. She had probably chased a rabbit into the hole and got stuck. Kimberly had to dig her out and thus she was saved.