Well Friday was a fun day and even into late in the evening as spent most of the day with our dear friends the Tracy's. I did get my truck worked on as I had noticed an unusual sound coming from underneath the front undercarriage when traveling on our bumpy driveway. The sway bar bushings were shot and needed replaced so I had the mechanic check the ball joints as well as the brakes while he had it up on the rack. All was well for the 10 year old truck which I will probably replace this coming year.
We headed to town for our 10 AM appointment on the truck then The Tray's picked us up and we headed back to their rental for a delicious lunch of baked zucchini rounds as an appetizer , cold turkey sandwiches with potato salad, Wow does she ever set a great table. Anyhow we sat and watched Trump's acceptance speech on the laptop while eating and while there is some skepticism of his ability to get elected with the rampart voting fraud seen in the last election, we pray he could turn the country around. We were hopeful as in his speech his addressing the corruption in the government, the political correctness, racial divide, economic downward spiral and our safety from the radical Islam. He will need to surround himself with great advisors and folks with the same regard for the country and the desire to once again be the beacon of hope in the world.
We decided to visit real estate in our county as the Tracy's are looking for property now that they have sold their Florida condo and are looking for a place for about 8-9 months of the year. We hope they stay within the area as we cherish their friendship. We looked at several beautiful pieces of property with some very nice homes. Some were river front property others secluded in the woods and some with magnificent distant views. We spent a couple of hours perusing the county and traveled some roads we had never traveled before. We met up with Mechelle at her place of business and made some temporary plans for a get together next week with a supper and some game playing.
We met at Becca's coffee shop in Sparta around 6'ish for supper where we dined on several different entrees all of which were very tasty and prepared on the spot. I had the pasta with sausages and Nancy the orange chicken with veggies and cheese cake with blueberry topping for dessert. Very tasty. Afterwards we walked down to the Crouse Park area just off main street for some great 80's music. There were different vendors during the day but most had closed for the evening except a few who sold ice cream, a winery that served IPA beer and wine and a popcorn stand. The band called themselves the Craig Vaughn Band from over in Virginia and while they did have a banjo, fiddle, drums, mandolin and two guitars they didn't play much mountain mountain. I did get in one flat foot dance with three other gals on the concrete slab but the music was from the Eagles, lots of Blues, some country Jonny Cash style and some Vietnam era sounds. They were exceptionally great vocalist and we personally knew the fiddle player, David Woodie who occasionally fills in at Cornerstones Priority Blue gospel quartet. A great time was had by all and we hugged several who we hadn't seen since last year. We stayed and closed the concert which was a little after 9'ish. We walked backup to the main street area where we had left our vehicles. The town was closed up.
We just love the folks in this small town. We are headed back there again tomorrow afternoon for more "music in the park" with the Tray's. They too love this small town atmosphere. Well it was going on 10 o'clock before we got back to the cabin after being gone for over 12 hours, yikes where did that time go? We hit the showers and I was soon seeking some horizontal lab, LATER
