Well sad to say we are another day closer to leaving the cabin and heading back to sunny Florida. Yesterday started out with heavy rains which caused minor flooding here on the mountain and tons of wind damage down towards Winston with lots of power outages. The winds seemed to be much stronger off than mountain and then after it cleared off it was like a summer day with temps into the 70's after dark. We had 4 inches of rain which had us once again with waterfront property as a stream ran down through the backwoods gully from the top of the mountain.
I started the day with a 6'ish roll out to rain pounding on the tin roof and it didn't let up until around lunch time. I had a date with our "mountain mom" to drive her to Winston to pick up her new dentures. After my morning routines that start with the cup of hot green tea and the posting of this ramble before my quiet time. I lifted up several by name for healing and comfort by my Creator and gave thanks for another day honoring and worshiping and seeking traveling mercies as we headed down off the mountain in this storm. All was well on the trip but we did see some flooding, power lines down as well as several trees and even a wreck where a truck was down off the roadway into a deep ditch. We made it to Winston with time to spare as we left early unknowing what the road conditions where.
We met a couple also from Sparta getting new dentures and we made new friends. They knew everyone we knew. What a reunion of sorts and Helen made a new facebook friend as well who she could probably call on for help if needed in a pinch. Her new dentures look fantastic and she was pleased. The temps were really warm in Winston and it stayed that way all the way back to the cabin with temps in the low 80's. What is going on with the weather. I harvested the last of the beets and blessed Helen with them as she dropped me off at the cabin. Nancy was back from her errands in Sparta and her hair looked great as she had a color and cut. Sad to say but her hair dresser is moving away to Charleston as they are selling their beautiful cabin and moving near family.
We took off on a hike to the top of the mountain dodging the stream of water still pouring down the mountain. We spoke with the Davis's for a few as then met the Leslie's son and his family on the back road. We haven't seen them for ages and the son has a 2 year old and his wife is expecting again in a month or so. Will was just a teenager the last time we saw him but he remembered us. His dad was an anchor for a news show and he has now retired in the Raleigh area. We came on back and got ready to head over to the Luffman Farm for supper. We petted some of the huge Gipsy Varner horses in the field next to the house and Nancy and Mechelle headed down to the barn to see some of the new foals. Kay served us a delicious oyster stew which is one of Gerald's favorites and Nancy brought a store bought but delicious salad and Kay serves a homemade pecan pie with vanilla ice cream, WOW what a feast.
We then settled into the best of 7 Sequence games and the gals slammed us the first game which began to look like a repeat of the last outing where it was 4-0 for them; but things began to change as we tied it up 2-2 and then we won the next 2 games. The guys have the bragging rights once again for the winter, needless to say it was raucous play as the gals do not like to lose. We will certainly miss these folks as they have become family. Caleb was just a little thing and he now is 20 years old and doing fine in the USAF. Kallie is married and living in Philly. Gerald and Kay run the farm as Mechelle has a full time job with a large corporation in the area. Their farm is gorgeous and their horses are just beautiful and wanted for their appearance and stock all over the eastern seaboard.
We got back to the cabin and decided the trip on the parkway would probably we our last until Christmas if we come back for a couple weeks or not again until June. We just love this area and the folks. The next two days will be packing and doing the finishing touches on securing the cabin until either December or June, LATER
