Sunday

The day started out around 7 AM with a wake up at the Hampton Inn in Woodstock, Va. Wow was that ever nice accommodations but I just don't rest good in strange beds and besides I would be hot one minute then cold the next; could it be a sign of man menopause?? We got ready when Bob, Jill and the kids came over(adjoining rooms) and we headed down to the lobby for our hot breakfast. The waffles were great but this morning there was biscuits and gravy as well as scrambled eggs on the menu; actually its a self serve buffet type venue  and it comes with the room. After eating we checked out around 9:15 then headed over to visit with the Dillon's before heading south to N.Carolina. We let the kiddos play with the 2 pups, Bonnie and Molly for awhile before giving and receiving hugs and kisses. We are looking forward to Mike and Dee coming for a visit in Sept as well as Halley Jo returning back to the mainland after her tour in Hawaii.

We left their place a little after 10 and got on the south bound I-81. We made a couple potty stops as well as a gas stop and still got into Hillsville around 2 PM. We ate lunch at Wendy's then we split up as the guys headed to the farm market and the gals headed to Wal-Mart. We gassed up in Galax at $3.05 and saw it as high as $3.49. It was in the middle 80's in Galax but there was lots of clouds and thunderheads which indicated the chance of rain. By the time we headed into our road the temps had dropped down into the 60's and there was evidence some considerable amount of rainfall had fallen since we left on Friday. The rain gauge had over 3 inches of rain plus our driveway had washed badly with some deep furrows.

Bob and Gabe had a good walk around the cabin as Gabe needed to stretch after being in his car seat for the past several hours.He wondered around and eventually picked up the trucks that Sam played with a week ago. He also loved the dinosaurs as well. The gals showed up so I took the kiddos for a golf cart ride while they got the cabin in order. Bob grilled some Italian sausages to go along with spaghetti sauce Nancy had frozen last week and I picked fresh beet greens, lettuce, kale, nasturtiums and basil from the garden for the salad I made. The supper was awesome especially after eating fast food for lunch.

The kiddos got their baths and Bob and Jill took Gabe on a ride and sure enough he fell asleep. Annsley fell asleep watching some Disney movie. We had closed the cabin up while we were gone and it was a little warm in the cabin so we have the attic fan on which is cooling down the upstairs quite well. I can barely keep my eyes open as I have already taken my shower and I'm bushed and ready for some horizontal lab, LATER