Tuesday July 28th 8:47 Catching up still!

Sunday July 26th Part 2
After Kenny and I finished playing name that tune, Pat & Chuck (Dixie's parents) came over and Chuck brought his guitar and we all sang for about an hour or so. We had a really good time. After they left Dixie and I sat around and crocheted. I finally headed off to bed after 11:00.

Monday July 27th
I didn't get up until about 9:00. We got ready and left for Amish country about 10:45. We just took the back roads and looked for the Amish men working in the fields with their horses. We got there right at lunch time so there wasn't much going on. We decided to eat lunch at Mrs. Yoder's Amish kitchen. It was very good! After lunch we headed back out and we saw several folks working in the fields. We saw something new this time as far as machinery goes. We saw two different Amish family's and on each farm a younger boy was driving a team of horses that was pulling a long wagon that was pulling the hay off the ground and bringing it up a shoot onto the wagon. Then the older Amish man (probably the father) was using a pitch fork and forking the hay and throwing it onto the wagon. That was really neat. We finally headed home about 3:30 and stopped in Dalton Ohio at P. Graham Dunn. This was a wood working shop that engraves the wood with laser. If we had been there early we could have seen the factory in operation. We enjoyed looking at all the items they engrave. We finally left there about 5:45 and headed back to Dixie's. They were just making dinner when we arrived. We all ate dinner together and Kenny left for work about 7:30. Dixie and I crocheted until about midnight then I finally headed off to bed.

Tuesday July 28th
We slept til about 9:30. We had pancakes and bacon for breakfast. We got packed up and left Dixie's about 11:00 heading home. We stopped about 1:30 in Marietta, OH for lunch because I went very low with my blood sugar. I went to sleep in WV and woke up just north of Wytheville. I crocheted all the time I wasn't sleeping. We stopped in Jonesville, NC for supper. I noticed that one of the waitresses looked like a cousin-in-law but couldn't make the connection. Our waitress came over and asked if we were from that area and I told her no and among the small talk told her I did have an aunt that once lived there. She left and in just a few minutes the other waitress came out to the dinning area. I caught her eye and said to Don, pointing my finger at her, that's Heather. He said yes it is. She nodded and I motioned for her to come over to our table. She said she had put the other waitress up to asking us where we were from just to make sure we were who she thought we were. We chatted for a bit and then finished our meal. I got to speak to her one more time before we left. It was so good to see her. I have not seen her for a year or maybe two. We finally made it home about 8:30. Tomorrow is Donnie Lee's 21st birthday. We will all be going out to eat tomorrow evening. Don and I will then be heading up to Lenoir on Thursday. I won't have internet there but will catch up the blog when I can. We certainly have enjoyed our travels this summer and are already making plans for next summer. However, we hope to get a few more close trips in this year.