Well Thursday found me on the New River with neighbor and friend Dan in kayaks. It was the first time ever in a kayak for Dan and he did well even through some white water which maybe classified as a 1 or close to it as the river was several feet higher than normal. It was mostly a peaceful float that lasted close to 2 hours as we passed hundreds of cows along the river. We were entertained by several low flying Air Force jets that came screaming over the hills and across the river many of which by the time you heard the noise they were gone out of view. The weather was perfect with temps in the low 70's and a few clouds at times. Later in the evening we met at the Tracy's rental cabin for a fun time of trashcan jam and corn hole with the Luffman gang and friend Jamie for a delicious supper.
I started the day much the usual with a 6'ish roll out and my routines that start with a cup of hot green tea laced with honey and turmeric while I spent some quiet time with my Creator in thanksgiving and lifting up several by name. The update on GG hasn't changed from the past couple of days as she continues to live with son Eric and family in Michigan. After a hearty breakfast of a couple cackleberries(eggs), grits with a couple of sliced tomato's and a jalapeno pepper I headed out to load the kayaks and get the gear together for the river float. Nancy stayed back and did some house work as we get ready for the Tracy's and Botbyl's next week's visit.
Dan and I had to make a couple extra trips placing one vehicle at the end of the float so we could get back to the truck to load the kayaks and then back to the start of the float to unload the truck. We did that all over again after the trip which makes it so much easier when you have 3 vehicles or 3 people to help with the driving; but we managed and it turned out great. I came home and helped with placing the 50+ pumpkins or so around the yards, porches and wood piles. We took several down to neighbor Gerald's porch for him and Karyl and hopefully the Botbyl's will take a few back to Florida in a week or so. I see orange everywhere outside. I harvested a really nice mess of half runner beans and still have some to pick if it doesn't frost as the vines are loaded with blooms as well as small ones.
We are planning on visiting the 3 day Leaf Festival in Mount Airy today(Fri.) if the rain hold off which is about an hour off the mountain. Patrick is supposedly coming back from Florida sometime today(Fri.) so there will be the six of us again for fun and card games at night; of course the superb eatin' never stops as both Kathryn and Nancy know how to set the table. Carol is showing some deep purple bruising on both of her legs which looks very painful and has limited her to just walking around slowly and gingerly.
I introduced the gang to Can Jam the hilly billy version I call Trashcan Jam which is a lot cheaper than the 50 bucks they want for one online from Amazon. I took two empty plastic trash cans and the scoring is about the same but instead of a slot in the front of the can if you get the frisbee in the top alone it has the same effect; game over. We played several games and both Dan and I had a game over toss; I've never ever seen anyone toss the frisbee through the slot in the original game. This was a hoot and we all had fun. We then played several games of corn hole with most everyone getting into the action but Caleb's girlfriend, Cortlyn really surprised us with her corn toss skills. She and Gerald whipped Caleb and myself a couple of times, bad. We played until nearly 7'ish before heading in to eat some fine cuisine. After eating the Luffman Gang took off around 8'ish as it was a school night.
Jaime our traveling PT came late as her GPS took way out of the way but she made it. We sat an chatted with her until after 9'ish as she had a long road trip back to Fancy Gap and the weather had turned to lite rain and mist as well as fog. We got back to the cabin close to 10'ish and it was a hot shower time for me and then I curled up with a book for a few before lights outs, LATER
