I started the day with a before 6'ish roll out to my usual routines that start with my handful of Nutrilite Vitamins and supplements washed down with a cup of hot green tea laced with turmeric while I post this ramble and then spent some quiet time with my Creator in thanksgiving and lifting several up by name. All seem to be holding their own at this point despite some very serious health and age issues. Paw Paw is still in the hospital but stable. Keep my baby sister and husband in your thoughts for safe travel as they left Virginia for Colorado by vehicle. They sure showed us a great time while visiting last week end at their beautiful Shenandoah Valley home.
I fired up the weed whacker and trimmed the whole property. It's finally running right after some major tuneups; just when I think about buying a brand new one it starts running great. I some times believe these machines can hear what your saying, anyhow that was a good two hour plus workout on this hilly yard. Nancy wanted to get a hike in before lunch so we took off up the back trail and we ran into some fresh bear scat(dung) as we neared the top. A small bear was seen in the area a day ago as well as two large rattlesnakes were seen on the east side of our mountain; the bear is still loose but the snakes were dispatched according to a neighbor. We haven't had this much wildlife activity in quite a spell except for the normal deer damage done to the gardens and flower beds.
We visited with several on top and learned our old friends John and Shirley sold their beautiful cabin on the side of the mountain within a month or less. They have already moved out so we will be seeing the new owners shortly. Bertie is having our laborers Larry and Brandon do some extensive wall work on her cabin as many of the outside boards are rotting and splitting. They have been there for nearly 40 years or more. We came back and had a fresh garden salad for lunch. Afterwards we settled down and wrote a couple letters to our young airman Caleb who is still in basic training at Lackland AFB in Texas. I too went through there back in March of 1966 and eventually went to California where I stayed for 7 years. I did my 4 years of service and then 3 years of active reserve service while getting my B.A. at Cal State Sacramento before moving to Florida in 1973. Wow where did that time go? I wouldn't take anything to do it again but would not have missed that part of my life for anything.
We cleaned up and headed out around 4'ish to Galax where we had several errands to run before meeting the Tracy's at the Twisted Fork Eatery in old Galax. Their speciality is home made pasta and while its a little pricey for this country town the food is excellent and they have a great business. The place was hopping when we left around 6:30 and walked over to the Rex Theatre. The admission is 5 bucks per person and usually they have a full band but last night it was mainly a jam session with three instruments and finally a fourth person from the crowd filled in on guitar. We managed to dance several dances and at time there were 6-8 folks on the floor. We recognized a couple of regular dancers who mingled. It's the greatest cheapest evening ever as we visited with several and then we saw and old friend and his wife who we haven't seen in years.
Donald Heglar is the brother of the Grant and Shirley Heglar who have a place on our road into the cabin. He is the best horseshoe thrower I've ever seen and then he told me he played major league baseball in the farm system years ago. He has a place on the New River and we visited him there way back when. He is avid Christ Follower and gives everyone he meets a 50 cent piece and tells then he prays for them daily. We still have ours by the beside he gave up many years ago. He is aging as are all of us but a real down to earth fun person to be around. We tried to get him on the dance floor but he opted to watch. We left at the first intermission as this type of music sounds
We headed over to the super Walmart for some things on Nancy's list before heading home. It was pitched black when we got to the top of the hill. We did see a couple of deer on the parkway but they stayed out of the road. It wasn't long after a hot shower and few minutes of the preseason game of the Panthers I hit the sack to read for a few. I'm reading a birthday book from sister Dee by Phil Robertson of the Duck Dynasty about America losing her soul to the PC crowd, the libs and fake and biased MSM promoting the idea that GOD is dead. What is happening is satan is alive in the spiritual warfare battle for the soul of the nation and our individual souls with help from those mentioned above, LATER
