Friday-Sunday, September 23-25, 2016
Ken and I enjoyed a quiet Friday. I did some wash and he handled a couple of things that needed to be done around the motorhome but otherwise we just enjoyed reading. Once Sue and Tim were home from their schools (Jackson did homework and then went to work and Reilly slept most of the day) around 6:00 we went over to their place and enjoyed pizza and chatting with them. They were both very tired so we didn't spend alot of time there.
Saturday we didn't go over until they were done exercising at their fitness center and had showers. Reilly still was just sleeping primarily (and had found out that his cousin Rachel also had the same symptoms via Twitter). But Jackson, Sue and I had a great time chatting and enjoying the fresh air in their backyard. She has put up many bird houses and feeders so we were entertained too by all the birds flying in for a bite and sitting in the trees chirping. Meanwhile Ken and Tim watched football games.
Tim did the grocery shopping while we continued to chat and then Sue and I cleaned potatoes and got them in the oven, made a salad, got the chicken on the grill and peeled and sliced apples for an apple crisp dessert. The family had been to an apple orchard a couple of weeks ago and we were using the last of the apples they had picked (when she posted pictures of them at the orchard I'd asked if that meant we could have her famous apple crisp while we were there).
After dinner, she and I began working on a Shutterfly book documenting Reilly's first year on the Junior Varsity football team. A neighhor had taken some wonderful photos showing him in action in a variety of games so those were uploaded along with several that Sue had taken. Then we began the challenge of selecting backgrounds, format, and little extras to make the pages interesting. Needless to say the time slipped by quickly and before we knew it, it was time for us to leave and get some rest. So we bid farewell and told them we'd see them in church the next day.
Sunday morning we not only got ready for church but also did alot of prep for closing up the RV so we could leave as soon as we got back. The service was excellent. They have a new pastor who really was encouraging the congregation to pull together as one body taking advantage of all the "parts" (members) to encourage not only one another but those in the community as well. The awful rioting taking place was certainly a focal point.
We then drove back to the campground, quickly changed and got on the road for Gaffney, South Carolina where we planned to spend the night at the Freightliner garages so we could easily get up in the morning and pass the motor home on to the technicians for its yearly check up. Once we were parked and plugged in, we jumped in the car and drove back to Sue and Tim's where we spent the afternoon and early evening. The main focus was on the Panthers game (but what a downer, they lost) and just enjoying some time together. They love to put on a "tail gateing meal" to enjoy while watching the game so that was what we all enjoyed. And of course, they both had gobs of school papers to grade so did that in between watching and chatting. Reilly started to perk up a bit toward the end of the day so he too had to tackle school work that he'd missed on Friday.
The sun began to fade and we said our farewells so we could again drive back to Gaffney and they could prepare for a new week. It was great to see them and we were able to leave behind gifts and cards for Jackson who will leave the teens behind and turn 20 on Friday.
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