I started the day with a sleep in until nearly 7 for a change. I'm sure its because of the new mattress which is very comfortable and I got to sleep before Nancy who last night(sat) had her chain saw in high gear all night long and the sleep was not there at all, oh well. I was able to do my morning routines before the guests awakened and came down stairs which of course starts with the cup of hot green tea, the posting of this ramble, a few quiet moments with my Creator and then some comments on the social media. Nancy decided we needed to have a semi-mountain breakfast so she had frozen biscuits in the oven, patty sausages and eggs which really held us until mid afternoon when we stopped in Sparta at Charlie's Country Store for some hand dipped ice cream which was fantastic. Everyone had their favorite and he really piled on the ice cream for a very reasonable price. The black wild cherry is a favorite of mine and he must have put a pint in a styrofoam cup.
We headed out around 10'ish and made our first stop at the Glade Valley B&B on Shawtown Road not far from the cabin. I had met the owner at the hospital who goes to church with Helen and Martha and she said to come by and check out the place. She wasn't there but we met Jim her husband a very pleasant man who said make your self at home as we looked around this beautiful piece of real estate. We didn't go in the huge 6 bedroom house with another rustic cabin a ways down the back yard but found the place to be very inviting and would recommend it to any of our friends when we are filled up with guests.
Route 21 which goes through Sparta was entertaining the longest garage sale of anywhere as folks had the road stuffed with their junk or merchandise along the shoulders. The traffic was at a snails pace with the high volume of shoppers and sellers. We next headed over to the fair grounds and the Woodies allowed us to look at the mini log house which is around 400 square feet of living space built on a trailer frame and set up on your property for around 75 grand. It's really a mobile home with less space but uniquely built with all of the grand features found in a modern modular home. We headed out of town to see if we could find a friend house who is being built as they down size and wow, what a structure it is. Chris and Ronald sold their huge mansion and started over with a very well built two story in a wooded section north of town. He was there and showed us around this magnificent building. He was a building contractor and she an artist as well as a real estate person and we got to know them sort of personally and they are super folks. They invited us to come by and see their place although she wasn't there.
We next headed out to turkey knob area west of Sparta to some folks we made friends with a couple years ago and they attended my surprise 70th birthday 3 years ago. They are from Crystal River, Florida and have over 12 acres with a nice modular home with awesome views of the mountains. He is having some health issues and they have decided to put the place up for sale at a reasonable price. We sat and chatted with them for over an hour and I think we brightened his day as he seemed to have perked up with us visiting. We traveled down a couple roads which turned into gravel and into Virginia before turning back a different route towards Sparta where we made a stop for hand dipped ice cream at Charlies Country Store. We sat out front and ate our delicious bounty before heading back to the cabin. The ice cream satisfied our small hunger pangs until supper time. We got back and the gals sat on the porch and Dan and I took a power nap; his was much longer as Nancy was full of talking about something. I coaxed Dan and Nancy into a hike to the top of the mountain where we chatted with Ben, Laura and then Billy as we crossed the top. It was going 6 so we headed down and started the meat for taco salads. I made a guacamole and then we sat out on the deck and ate in the shade of the huge trees. It was still quite pleasant although the temps had gone up a little but still in the 70's.
After the cleanup we settled into games which started with the card game Spades. Dan and I spanked the gals the first game and then had a marathon game where the gals barely won; the rubber game will be played Sunday evening. It was after 9 and Carol was fading but when we started played "dice"she came alive. Dan destroyed us in the first game with me dead last and then a second game I won with Nancy dead last. It's such a fast game and full of action despite getting the exact score of 10,000 points to be the winner. The dice is past around to each person and on every roll you must have a 1 or a 5 to continue; good action and you must be quick to count the scores. Well it was after 10 so we called it a night and I jumped in the shower before heading in for some horizontal lab which never came as Nancy was snoring so loudly, LATER
The views from Sam and Nancy's place on turkey knob.
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