Day 32, Monday, October 8th, 2007
Happy Birthday to my wonderful Brother David!
. . . Warm and sunny weather greeted us once again this morning. My lovely sister, who teaches U. S. government and History to seniors at Liberty Baptist High School took two days off from school so we could spend some time together. We had a glorious day! Kathy drove us for perhaps two hours along a very scenic roadway called Skyline Drive. It was suggested in a video we had seen: "America's Most Scenic Drives" and it was easy to understand why it was selected for the video. Mile after mile of tree lined roads -- many places along the way to pull aside and view the Blueridge Mountains and the farms and villages below. This whole area is so rich with Civil War history -- many of the homes we passed were huge old homes with wrap around proches and with columns in front. We stopped at a little lodge and enjoyed a delicious lunch looking out over a lake with the mountains in the background and the beautiful blue sky above. Kathy and I truly enjoyed some wonderful fellowship/laughter/memories together and I muchly enjoyed that part of our day.
. . . Ben spent most of his day with Jeff doing guy things together.
. . .After a while Jeff drove Ben and I to a place where he and Kathy plan to build a home. Very beautiful -- lots of land for the grandchildren to run and play -- overlooking the river -- very rustic. It will surely be as beautiful place to live once they are finished.
. . .After we looked at the land, Jeff and Kathy treated us to a delicious dinner to celebrate Ben and my 35 years of marital bliss! All four of us enjoyed delicious food and once again just had a geat time being together . We had one very common conversation which involved encouraging one another to move cross-country so we could all be closer -- then telling the wonderful benefits of living in Seattle or Lynchburg. After 31 days of absolutely gorgeous warm and sunny weather I am beginning to at least allow myself to consider the possibility since I know that from about November 1st till about July 1st Seattle is dark/cold/wet/overcast/dreary. Okay, okay . . . maybe I am exaggerating -- but truly only a little bit!
So, after a long, full, rich, wonderful day I'm headed off to brush my teeth and hop into my comfortable bed!
1 comment:
he he. Seattle is gray, but at least we didn't vote for Bush. plus, we've only executed 4 people since 1976, whereas Virginia has executed 98 people in that same period. and this isn't explained by difference in overall population, either, since they only have 20% higher population than us. And 98 is ... 2400% of 4. So there.
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