Turkeys

The past several days, every time I returned to the camp ground there was a small flock of turkeys in the same place.  Then yesterday they wandered through my campsite!  They are a light brown and very pretty.  Many of them are small and probably this year's hatch.  What a treat!  But it sure is tough to get a good picture of them. 

So far I've found 3 churches that I want to attend:  a Unity church, one called Jubilee that I've been hearing about for years and First Baptist downtown.  Never thought I would set foot in a Baptist church again, but it's where Wayne and Mary go and they swear I won't know it's Baptist.  I sure hope that's true or I'll be running for the door at altar call!

While scooting around down by the French Broad River yesterday I discovered a very good restaurant called 12 Bones Smokehouse.  It's where Obama dined when he was campaigning here.  There was a long line out the door but it moved pretty well.  I don't know what I liked more:  the melt-in-your-mouth ribs, smokey potato salad, jalapeno cheese grits or watching the variety of people moving through there.  It was great and I highly recommend it!  My son-in-law Trey, as a lover of good ribs, would love it.  I also liked their motto: "Live! tender butts and sweet racks".  Oh yeah!

Wayne and Mary came over for dinner the other night and it was delightful.  We had home made gazpacho, grilled trout and steamed asparagus.  As usual, the conversation was the highlight of the evening.  You won't find two more interesting people anywhere and we had a very good time.  Wayne and I also enjoyed a couple of Dead Guy ales and I learned he has actually been to the brewery in Oregon.  That just got added to my list of places to visit next summer. 

Wayne, author of Cataloochee and Requiem by Fire

Mary, Ethicist at Mission Hospital

Finally got to visit my cousin June yesterday.  While it was good to see him, his wife Hester and their son Mel, it was tough to see him bed bound by a stroke.  His sense of humor was fully intact and he told several funny stories.  I feel for all of them and what they're going through.  They were so good to me when I was growing up, he was like a big brother.  Hope they can find some peace in all of this.  I hate to see good people suffer.

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