Sunday

Well what a difference a night makes as the humidity just took a fast horse out of the area. It was in the high 50's this morning and rather cool when we awakened around 7 AM to start the day. The blue skies were evident as well as the bright sunshine as we did our quiet times. Nancy was on the side deck with a sweat shirt and heard all kinds of animals; crows, turkeys, an owl and a red tail hawk plus the mooing of cows off in the distance, yikes you would think we lived next door to a zoo. On our hike after lunch we scared up a new baby fawn(deer)as it ran across the trail in front of us then doubled back and stopped in the road to stare at us. For a moment we thought it was going to walk towards us as it watched us for several seconds then it galloped off into the woods.

We headed for church after a breakfast of oatmeal for Nancy and Cheerios for me with a banana and blueberries. Our pastor was on vacation so we had a presentation by Dave Ramsey titled Financial Peace University. Several folks gave some testimony how it changed the way they managed their money using Biblical principals from last years class. It was a good day and afterwards we headed back to the cabin to finish the leftovers from last nights get together for lunch; layered taco dip, salsas and chips. We gave it an hour then took off to the top of the mountain and checked on our friend's Joe and Jetta's place as they are away for a few days. We left the golf cart at their house then took off on foot walking to the far end of the mountain and back up the road in the woods. We skipped the steep trail up from our cabin as Nancy's blister is starting to heal and I didn't want to push the knee to quickly.

We road the golf cart home and she put together a potato casserole for a supper later in the evening at the Dalton Farm. We watched the Olympics until it was time to head out for supper. Andy had marinated a deer ham and then smoked it with oak wood and wow was that ever tender and superbly cooked to perfection. There was corn on the cob from their garden also roasted with the shuck on as well as Nancy's casserole, salad, bread and Key lime pie. I passed on the last couple items but had seconds on the corn and deer meat. They also invited another couple(Shelley and Robb) who attends Cornerstone and are from Miami, Fl. and have moved here permanently and they just love the area. She is going to teach this next year down off the mountain at a middle school.

After supper and the dishes cleared away we taught them Sequence and they loved it. The girls once again won all 3 games in a row so we decided that was enough for the first time. We headed outside to pitch a little corn hole and had a good match with Andy and Caleb beating Gerald and myself after we won the first game and was ahead in the second game only to lose that game and the next one as well. We headed out just before dark for the cabin. The night air is just perfect with just enough coolness to make for good sleeping tonight with out any fans on.

Well it was a busy week-end and we had a great time with our mountains friends, plus some great eating as well, Later