Non published couple of days

Tuesday we went to exercise at 9 and did some errands.  The leader of the exercise was a woman we haven’t cared for, but she really boogied this morning.  She is practicing for dancing at the Greek festival in Asheville Saturday.  We just sat around after lunch until Evelyn suggested we go on a walk.  I didn’t want to walk around the lake, so I talked her into walking around the golf course while I played 9 holes.  She agreed, and we went to Iron Tree.  It had warmed  up during the afternoon, and Evelyn could only walk the first 4 holes.  She caused me to walk 5 holes in the first 4 because she went to the wrong tee box, and I couldn’t find her without going back up the hill.  It is not easy walking the hills in North Carolina. I tried to convince her that it was foolish to drive 20 miles to walk as far as she could go.  We only  drove 5 miles today. 

Wednesday was “driving fun in the mountains”.  We had been invited to go hiking by a couple from our church.  They have a hiking group and were going on an easy trail today.  They wanted to meet us on the Blue Ridge Parkway and drive to where Black Camp Gap Road intersected it.  We had friends who lived just off BCG road near Maggie Valley.  I decided to drive up to the Parkway via the BCG road.  We began driving on the paved road we knew.  It turned into gravel after a few miles and then to a dirt road with rocks sticking out of it.  We hit one slowly and continued slower.  We got to where Evelyn asked me to walk ahead to see what we were facing.  I did for about 1/4 of a mile and found a large water hole that we could never drive through in our little car.  It would have taken one of those trucks with the 5 foot tires.  We prayed for guidance and began to drive to a place that enabled us to turn around.  I had to drive even slower to avoid knocking a hole in the oil pan.  We drove back to the Parkway where we had originally planned to meet.  We found a ranger who gave us directions to BCG road that did intersect the Parkway.  It is just that people can not get from one end to the other.  We learned later that the Park service had dug the holes to prevent people from using the road.  We found our hiking group and walked 1 1/4 miles until we met then returning.  We walked back to the parking lot, making our trip about as far as walking around Lake Junaluska.  We went with the hike leader, Neil, to his mountain home where Elasa had prepared snacks for the entire group.  We had a nice time with them and will invite them to our house in the future.  We went home and spent the evening relaxing.