July

Can't believe 6 weeks have gone by since I last posted.  Guess life has been good to us.  Let's see where do I begin or should I just talk about this week.  Let's see where my thoughts lead me.

We've found doctors near here.  The office is associated with the UVA.  Very efficient and the testing has been easy, also.  Sharon's blood tests have all been ok.  She needed to have a scan done.  Sorry, forgot which one.  Probably couldn't pronounce it anyway.  The scan shows that she has osteoporosis in her back.  It's not severe.  The dr put her on a prescription that she only needs to take once a week.  For myself, my thyroid is a little more active than it should be, so have changed prescriptions a couple of times since I've been here.  Otherwise, all tests have come out well for both of us that includes blood sugars; cholesterol, etc.

OK, so now the mundane stuff is out of the way.  Sure wish this heat advisory would go away.   Looking for a little break from the heat.  Last Friday, we had a nice day - then the heat hit.  We decided to go fruit shopping last week.  I can't believe how many orchards and farms are in this area.  We went up to Carter Mountain first.  We decided not to pick peaches, just bought fruit that they had picked.  Of course, I had to do some wine tasting first.  For the most part, they sell Prince Michael wines.  They grow grapes there, also.  Didn't take out the camera so here's a pic  from the last time we were there.  We sat on the deck for a little while enjoying the view and eating a peach/vanilla swirl ice cream cone.  Bought some peaches, nectarines and plums.

We left Carter Mountain in search of Hill Berry Farm & Winery.  We had also intended to see Saunders Farm and Dickie's Orchard.  But only made it to the Berry farm.  They had sold their last picked blackberries so we decided to pick a couple of quarts ourselves.  There wasn't a breeze and it was rather warm so that ended our fruit shopping for that day.  Guess we'll see what the next week will bring.  There are several cider works in the area, so we might decide to visit them.  Depending on the weather, will depend on how much site seeing and walking we'll do.

A few weeks back we took a drive on Skyline Drive.  Didn't finish it but had a wonderful time.  It was really hazy that day so need to go back and finish the drive and get some pictures when not so hazy. 

Here's a few pictures from the drive.  It was in the 60's in the mountains on the day we went.  Of course, it was in the 80's when we got back. 

 

 

 

 

We're getting a great wifi signal here in the park but our cell phone service and data plan isn't so good.  We have Verizon.  I talked with them and short of putting a tower right here in the park, it's not going to happen.   Once we leave the park and head into town, we usually have good signal strength.  Oh well, at least Verizon reduced my bill while I'm here for the summer.  That was kind of nice of them. 

It's Sharon's day to work so my day to cook.  Guess I'll grill steaks and have baked potatoes when she gets off work.  Hoping it doesn't rain until later this afternoon. 


Until next time.