Well another beautiful N.C. morning. Again it was on the humid side but still in the 60's. We had to be at the Dr's office in Sparta at 9:15 so we rolled out of bed at 6:30. Nancy had to fast(eat nothing) before her appointment as they were once again trying to determine her state of health after last week's overnight stay in the hospital. We did our quiet time then headed out and never got around to checking the gardens.
After we left the Dr's office we headed to Browns restaurant for eggs, ham and grits for Nancy and I had an omelet, fried taters and a biscuit. When we got home about 10:30 I checked the gardens and yelp, you guessed it the deer made a visit last night and helped themselves to green beans, okra, azaleas and roses. What different tastes they have. They stomped around in the tater patch but left everything else alone. I'm sure they will be back again tonight. My a good venison roast would taste good slow roasted and smoked for about 5 hours.
Well, after picking a bucket of beans they missed we took a hike to the top and boy was it HOT up there. My shirt was soaked when we got back. We then read until it was time to head south on the BRP headed for W. Jefferson, about 45 miles away. We were to meet Craig and Beverly, our friends and former pastor at 5 PM. We hadn't seen them in 2 years and it was their first visit with the new grand parents(us).
We met at a very popular Smokey Mountain Barbecue Restaurant. The food was good and this place was jumping. We visited for 2 hours; eating, reminiscing and catching up on all that's happened the past 2 years. There daughter, Susan(Amy's age) is getting married in January to a beau in Palm Beach, Fl. Craig is now the senior pastor at 2nd Baptist in Richmond,Va. It's been over 25 years since Craig baptized Nancy, myself and our son, Bobby. Upon leaving the restaurant I asked a feller outside the restaurant to take our picture, which he did. After some small talk and finding out we were from Florida he mentioned he lived there at one time in Eustis, Fl. After introductions he invited us to his church on Sunday but hearing we were from out of town he accepted my offer to take a picture and to include him and his family in my daily blog. Thank You Alby, Ella and Norman(I hope I got those names right) for showing your kindness in assisting a memorable occasion for us and being bold for Chirst to a stranger.
Well we finally had to head out back to the north but you guessed it a trip had to include going through Wal-Mart on the way home. We shopped and purchased a blood pressure cuff so we could monitor Nancy's blood pressure. Today it was once again high 192/89 but began to subside with a second reading. We need to monitor this reading daily to ascertain it she may require medications. Hopefully it was just the "white coat syndrome." We made it back to the cabin just as darkness fell. We saw lots of deer on the BRP(wish they would stay there). Well, later missing our families and grand kids, Ava and Annsley.
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