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Evelyn began to hurt in the hip so we didn’t walk today. I did take some trash, took things from the convention to church, bought some Italian bread and picked up my prescription. I returned home and tried to locate some other place to ride horses. We received a call from Cataloochee saying they were booked up for tomorrow so we will probably go to the Panther Creek location. Evelyn fed the plants, and I worked on the computer. The girls called and said they would arrive too late for lunch so we ate without them. Our neighbor who works at WalMart backed into Doris’ car, looked at hers and drove on to work. Doris thinks the car has been damaged and wants to show Marty when she gets home. So begins an opportunity for a fight in the neighborhood . Another call came indicating the girls would be even later. They arrived around 4:30 and barely had time to unload before leaving to see the elk at Cataloochee. Stacy drove up the mountain after stopping to buy chicken at Bo Jangles. The elk are 10 miles virtually straight up a steep mountain. The road has many hairpin turns and features around 4 miles of gravel road. We saw many elk (many were new calves) on the way to the picnic area. Some were young bucks with small antlers. We ate our picnic but didn’t see any. They usually come out of the woods at dusk but the cool weather brought them out early. They are protected and we were held up by some grazing too near the road. The ranger had to stop many cars until they wandered away. I couldn’t get any photographs because the camera battery was dead. We were home by 9:30 and went to bed about an hour later. It is good to see all the granddaughters together again.