Sunday, August 14, 2011

Your Deer Stand Or Mine?


Take a good look......yep! it was up on the Blue Ridge Trail....yep...it is a barrel with a seat in it....I am NOT kidding!!!... Have a good week!!

Baby Black Bear






We got out today to do some hiking. We have 20 some trails near Lexington, along with the Blue Ridge Hwy Trails and overlooks and the Appalachian Trail is also nearby. We are blessed. I do need good hiking shoes though I found out today. Our golden Shiloh blazed the trail for us. Gary would hear the planes going over and would say, next year we will fly over the Blue Ridge! He can not wait!! For today though, we started with Whetstone Ridge Trail...the old pioneers actually used the stone there to sharpen their knives and axes, is the story. It is a 8 mile hike up and back; we knew we would only hike an hour up and an hour back today. Just to get started,maybe a total of 6-8 miles today. We met a family on the way. She raved over Shiloh, saying that she had a Golden just her color and size growing up...going by the name of Bridget. So, her kids wanted to pet Shiloh and then we offered to take their family picture with the Vista in the back...they almost had Shi join them in the picture. We talked a bit and her friend had just moved back to Carmel, Indiana and she was wanting to take her kids to see them there. We laughed and said, we had just moved from 2 hours north of that area. Small World. We did enjoy our hike to the Utmost! Seeing Gods' creation and enjoying the views along the way. Driving back to Waynesboro to check out our old neighborhood, we stopped and had a huge meal of Haddock and trimmings at Cracker Barrel (hey!! we worked up an appetite on those mountain trails!)....a baby Black Bear!!lumped across the road in front of our VW; all by himself!! A first for us. Of course, I did not have my camera out to grab the moment! But it was pretty cool!! That was our Sunday. Orienting again tomorrow, so I better get our scrubs ready and head for bed soon; 5:30am comes early. Great sunrises though. So, we did have a great day.... exploring. Quilted Blessings!!! Kari

Catching Up!






Just a few pictures from our Cabin in Indiana. We had wonderful sunsets and sunrises as we got the cabin finished. Just the little touches here and there. The family that God provided to rent the cabin were a God-sent. They are now making plans to purchsase the property in the future, depending on the banks; as is everyone's delemia these days. We have moved to Virginia and really love the area. We were busy unpacking and such when we first got here along with our new jobs at the local hospital. So, today we actually got to go hiking. It was amazing. Enjoy the pictures. They speak for themselves. Quitled Blessings! Kari

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Where oh where did the summer months go...oh where oh where could they be?.....

Where did the summer go? I bet there are alot of families wondering that right now....running to get school supplies after spending time finding clothes on sale for their kids first days at school. There is always a bit of anticipation in their pitter-pattering hearts before that fist eventful day of school. But, alas, it does not last long and soon the haggard looks of over-crammed minds for tests and essays to complete take over their little souls...the older ones focusing on their favorite sports or past times with friends along with school.
Even for us, we ask...Where did all the time go?...this summer....sweet Gary and I ask each other...ours went again into working on our cabin, finding work as nurses in Virginia, a rental in Virginia, and then having God give us renters for the Indiana cabin....then MOVING to Virginia in a tremendously HOT heat wave...but since it is called a heatwave I guess we can conclude it would be Hot....ok, it is late. I just thought I would catch our journey up a bit.
We did start our work at the local small hospital. It will be great to work in a community where people care about each other, and caring for those that are hurting right now with medical needs at the free clinic or nourishment at the food pantry. I will share pictures later, the upload is not working .......

God bless and Quilted Blessings, Kari