Well July has gone and August will be here tomorrow which means summer is in its last full month as September brings the beginning of Fall, here in the mountains, yikes; of course for us who are now flat landers in Florida we welcome a little cooler temps from 95 to 90, oh well.
Thursday was a fun day as we took our "mountain mom" with us for most of the day at at her young age of 92+ she held up remarkably. She mentioned she hadn't had this much fun in quite a spell and we so enjoyed her company as well. We use to take day trips with her all the time but it seems the past couple of years we haven't taken the time to do so, but we are hoping to do this again in the near future as we explored some roads we had never been on before and in one subdivision I had to a 3 point turn around against the side of a hill as we were trying find a house for sale that our friends were interested in; but it was the wrong subdivision, oh well.
I started the day much the usual with a before 6'ish rollout to my routines that start with the cup of tea laced with turmeric, the posting of this ramble and then some quiet time with my Creator and Lord in thanksgiving and lifting up several by name. All seem as well as can be expected due to ages and health concerns. I'm still giving thanks for the healing that is happenings to my back and leg. It's doing much better but still not up to playing pickle ball yet. I'm hoping by the end of August I will give it a try once again and get ready for the competition I'm use to again much younger players.
We picked up our "mountain mom" and headed to Galax around 10:30 and we didn't bring her home until after 3'ish She had a full day with purchasing some furniture and then we had a delicious lunch at Applebees and then a stop at the veggie stand on the way home. We took some back roads off the parkway and saw where lots of clear cutting was occurring as the land was being ready for some serious crops. Not sure who was clearing the many acres and what they were going to be used for but the heavy equipment being used meant some one with lots of capital was involved. We drove up a couple of old roads and saw the old home place where some of the now richest local folks in the county grew up which is now in shambles. We then took some gravel/dirt roads and saw some beautiful new homes along the road as well as some run down mobile homes just across the way. We headed up on our mountain and showed her where we venture to the top on our daily hikes and then we came back through the woods road to our place. She hadn't been out to see us in a couple years due to her difficulty with the steps up and onto the porches. She did just fine as we assisted her.
We dropped her off and headed home in what looked like rain clouds were forming; but the rain passed us by until around 7:30 when we got a good drenching for a couple hours. We played some cards waiting for the rain to begin/stop which never occurred so off we went on a hike to the top. We visited briefly with Alecia Roberts for a few as she was digging up the two garlic plants we sowed last fall at the old Browning place. They had nice bulbs at the end of the stalks but were beginning to show some rot. Hopefully they will dry out and give her the spark to plant for next year. We came on across the top and saw no one else to speak with except for the worker at Shawnees place who was replacing the steps to her front porches.
It had warmed up considerably after the hike and the a/c felt great. We decided to wait for an hour before having a bite of supper after the big pasta lunch at Applebees. I skipped supper except for a couple pieces of cheese and crackers and a glass of the fruit of the vine and Nancy just had a salad. Well not much else to write about except by 9'ish I could hardly hold my eyes open so I hit the shower and by 9:30 was ready for some horizontal lab. All that traveling plus that huge hike plum wore me out and I know our "mountain mom" must have been worn out as well, LATER
