Well Friday was a fun day as we travelled down off the mountain to the beautiful town of Mount Airy(Mayberry/Andy Griffith) for the Festival of Leaves. The weather was rainy, foggy and just down right ugly here at the cabin with fog so thick you could cut it with a knife both going down and coming back up the parkway. At least in off the mountain the fog and rain was gone except for a light mist at times and the temps were in the upper 60's through out the day. The weather never stopped the thousands of folks who walked the closed off streets through out the town.
I started the day much the usual with my routines to the sound of light rain on the the tin roof. We had our respective cups of hot drinks after sleeping in until nearly 7 for me; Nancy closer to 8. We did our quiet times with our Creator before eating breakfast and then got ready for the 10'ish arrival from the rest of the gang minus Patrick who is supposed to be traveling back from Florida this morning(SAT). The hour trip down the mountain was uneventful except for the heavy fog and a few deer in the roadway both coming and going.
We made a stop just inside the city at the Old Mill Store which serves the best deli sandwiches ever country style. The place is basically an Amish Store with most all of their products in bulk packages from Ohio. They have everything under the sun in herbs, spices, nuts, cake mixes, furniture, etc. as well as cured meats and fresh veggies. They have a small dining area strictly for the deli sandwiches which you fill out a form of what you want on it and they bring it to your table. Delicious. We always stop there whenever we are in town and were thrilled the rest of the gang so enjoyed shopping there as well and all of us made some buys. Their fresh lettuces were beautiful and we purchased three bunches on the way out of town.
We let the gals go their way and dropped them off close to the closed streets and never saw them for the next 3-4 hours. Dan and I walked the streets, listen to some gospel music and people watched from under the awning at times watching out for the gals. We never saw them the whole time as there were that many folks in the streets. Finally after it started a lite rain we headed back to the truck and moved it closer to the staging area as folks began to leave due to the soggy weather; to await their call to leave. Around 4'ish they called and we picked them up on one of the side streets as Carol was still in lots of discomfort from her last fall. We headed to another one of our favorite eateries called 13 Bones. Yeow, were they ever busy at that the 4:30 hour because they serve the best food in town. Three of us had steaks grilled to perfection as well a a grilled chicken breast for Nancy and a loaded spud for Carol. Their sides were awesome as well. Two of the gang brought half their food home as it was that plentiful. We headed out for a stop at a Walmart for some groceries on the way out of town after a quick stop for lettuces at the Old Mill Store then headed back up the mountain.
I'm always looking for someone I know in the crowd and usually do and sure enough someone spotted me and called out my name. It was our neighbor at the end of the road who we hadn't seen in a couple years who spotted me on the street. We chatted for a spell and when I told Nancy she was in disbelief as always. We all got a good laugh. Well after getting back up the mountain and to the cabin they got into their car and headed back to their rental place for the evening. We are getting together on Saturday evening for supper and some games. The forecast is for sunshine and cooler temps the next several days but here this morning the fog is so thick the birds aren't flying. Last night after our showers we heard this clunk on the porch( Nancy always thinks its a bear) so I checked it out to find a bird on the porch who was just sitting there disorientated from the fog, LATER
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