visitors

Sunday we were blessed with Holy Communion. Before that, as we drove to church, we saw a man in a tan stocking hat. When I was practicing my reading for the day, he came into the church. He never said so for a long time, but he was looking for money. We have none at the church, so he went on to a nearby Methodist church. I would have helped him but I could not go with him to the motel where “my wife and grandson are.” I just can’t make myself trust those people with money. We came home and ate lunch before resting. I watched some NFL games, and then we went to the lake to walk and do computer work. We went from there to where the motor home is stored to get the hang tag for free parking at next Saturday’s football game. From there we went to the band concert in Maggie Valley, the final one of the season. We came home from there to enjoy popcorn and some more football.
Monday we were leisurely. We just ran errands. We took some books back to the library. We also went to see if we could find some tomatoes at Christopher’s farm market but they were $1.59 per pound. “I won’t pay that.” So we got two romas and found they were the same price. The joke was on us. We went to Goodys and Belk to return the pants we didn’t want. We came home and picked up some soup and cake that we wanted to take to our shut ins. We went to their mobile home and visited them for a half hour. We all had a good time and learned that they had spent several winters in San Benito. They made butterflies as crafts and sold them at craft sales around the Valley. We think they were probably selling at the craft sale in our park. We then came home so Evelyn could finish preparation for Nancy and Garnet. They came just a bit later than she had predicted but much earlier than we had thought they would. We visited a short time and than had dinner of chicken casserole. They had brought us a goody bag with many food items. I was very tired for some reason and went to bed early. I was dead asleep when our friends from Purdue called to ask if we could join them for lunch before the game. I said we would try gut had trouble getting back to sleep.
Tuesday I went back to work. It gently rained the entire day which made it impossible for me to clean the outside lot. Instead I did the bathrooms and helped with some of the prep by filling the salsa cups. Evelyn and the guests went to Asheville to visit the Billy Graham Training Center at the Cove. They had lunch in the Biltmore Village. They also went to the Farmer’s Market to see what was still being sold. They seemed to have a good time. After I came home and showered, I went to the hotel to see what Focus on the Family had to say about the candidates’ stand on the issues but couldn’t get on the Internet on the second floor. I spent most of my time there trying to get the problem fixed and finally went to the 4th floor where it finally worked. Unfortunately, I had left the election ballot on the 2nd floor. In short the time there was wasted. I returned home shortly before the ladies returned. We drove around Lake Junaluska and through Maggie Valley, ending up at Butts on the Creek, a barbecue restaurant. Nancy bought our dinners and we picked up our stadium seats on our way home. We played Protestant poker for a while and then went to bed.