Friday

Well the day started out with bright sunshine and cool temp's of 50 degrees. After our quiet times Nancy whipped up a banana in the buckwheat pancake batter and baked up some of the best eatin' pancakes you will ever have melt in your mouth, and they are so nutritious for you as well. We had a couple strips of bacon to go with cakes which I slathered with Amish Butter and honey. YUMMM!!!

After breakfast I got a couple loads of laundry out on the clothes line. What a fresh smell to your clothes that dry in the clean mountain air. We had to go Galax, Va. today and wanted to leave by noon as Nancy had a 2 PM appointment. We decided it would be best to get our shopping done beforehand. We had to fill one of her prescriptions and have found that once again Wal-Mart is the least expensive for the same medicine. After Nancy's appointment we headed to Subway for a cold cut sub with the works. That is a healthy lunch and reasonable in cost. After a few more stops we finally got back to the cabin around 4 PM. We decided to take a good long hike before eating supper. The air had just a touch of fall and once again we noticed several trees were starting to change colors and many were already losing their leaves.

We stopped and spoke with neighbor Gerald as he is getting ready to bow hunt in the AM for those 4 legged deer. The season opens early tomorrow. Saturday is going to be a busy day for us as we are going to help with the horse show in Sparta then head out to the Little River for a fish fry later in the evening. The Woodie's hold a couple get together's a year where lots of the local people plus family bring covered dishes and they deep fry usually flounder.They have a beautiful summer house on the Little River with an open outside area under roof with a fire place for parties,etc.

Well our hike took us down our drive then up the back road and across the top of the mountain and down the other side. It was about a 1/2 mile further than our usual hike and it felt so good to get the heart rate going along with a burn in the legs. On top we spoke with our old friend Norman for just a few minutes and he warned us to watch out for rattle snakes. It seems some one reported seeing one recently. We have been coming to this area since 1992 and have yet to see a live one. We see lots of big black snakes(which we like) and a couple dead copper heads(the deader the better) but never a rattler. Oh well!!!

I can't believe it dark at 8 PM where did the summer go? I can't believe its been 8 years since those gutless creeps murdered so many innocent folks. I hope they are enjoying their 40 virgins in Hell. LATER.