A Lazy Saturday Afternoon

Usually on Saturdays we’re kind of busy, it being the one day a week Jess can get anything done unless he takes off from work. Today, however, we’re kind of laid back since we have company. No sheep round-ups, no shearing, no grocery shopping, no mowing, nothing that might be work. (Except of course, someone (me) has to cook meals, and clean up the kitchen….)

Randy was up bright and early yesterday and got here by 10:30am. Wow! And it’s a 6-hour drive! We didn’t do much yesterday but talk a lot, the usual farm chores, and go to Shoney’s for supper. What an exciting bunch we are!

Today Jess and Randy went up to Lynchburg to visit the Jack Daniels Distillery. I wasn’t feeling up to going, so had a rest while they gadded about. There is a new museum there now with all kinds of stuff. You can also go on an hour long tour and visit the different places where they actually make the whiskey, which is really interesting, but also tiring. It’s a lot of walking up and down hills, and somehow it seems there’s more uphill than downhill. They didn’t go on that today, but went over and walked around downtown Lynchburg.

I grilled hamburgers and hot dogs for lunch, and made a blackberry cobbler for dessert. It took a while to clean those blasted blackberries, but they tasted good.

Richard and Chrystie are on their way to Las Vegas today. I guess they won’t have any internet access all week. Will they last or will they succumb to withdrawal symptoms and find some way for a quick fix??

Me, I wouldn’t last. I’d probably have to find a way to check my email. If you can do it on a ship in waters off Alaska, there ought to be a way to do it almost anywhere. Of course, some places are more expensive than others, which is the problem in Las Vegas.

But some things are worth the expense, ha, ha!