Thursday, October 15, 2015
Today would have been my parents 77th wedding anniversary. Here they are on their 52nd anniversary, the number Ken and I have celebrated. They enjoyed another 10 before my father died.
How they loved the beauty of October and all the changing leaves. As I reflect back over all the years, I remember gorgeous blue skies, and Indian summer days on October 15. Today we got to enjoy another one as we drove from Wytheville, Virginia to Concord, North Carolina. The roads stretched out before us as we continued through the mountains near the Blue Ridge Parkway.
And while the color wasn't as brilliant as it was yesterday there still was plenty of it.
And the best part was that by the time we arrived at the campground, we could remove our sweaters and jackets and open the windows to enjoy a 70 plus degree day. There are very few people parked here so it is easy to see the various grandstands--well the outsides of the ZMax Dragway,
the dirt track,
and the NASCAR Speedway.
Often we hear the sounds of cars out practicing but not today. The big Coca Cola 500 was this past weekend.
At 6:00 tonight we met Sue, Tim and Jackson at their house and drove to the JV football game at Hickory Ridge High where we got to watch Reilly (#32) play.
His team is huge but he was used almost every time the defensive players were on the field. It was neat watching him in action and hearing his name announced when he was responsible for an important tackle.
His team - the Raging Bulls- won the game 20-8.
Afterwards we got a couple of pictures with him. First with mom and dad
Then with Ken and I
We stopped at a Subway on the way home to get a very late supper that we took back to their house to enjoy before all of us headed off for bed.
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