Category Archives: Events

Saturday July 20, 2019

78 degrees, sunny, and humid I drove over to Galax, VA this morning to volunteer at the Friends of the Parkway booth set up at the Smoke On The Mountain BBQ contest in downtown Galax. I left here early enough … Continue reading

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Monday July 15, 2019

74 degrees, sunny, and calm this morning when I left for the gym. Joyce picked me up around 10:15 for a Blue Ridge Parkway clean up day. We start at the Parkway entrance off 21 about 4 miles south of … Continue reading

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Friday July 12, 2019

68 degrees, sunny, and calm this morning at 6 am. Today was the Wellness Center annual golf tournament. I had to be at the course by 6:30 to help set up and get the morning teams registered to tee off … Continue reading

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Monday July 8, 2019

74  degree, partly cloudy, and breezy when I left for the gym this morning. I also worked my midday shift this afternoon. The raccoon has been caught. We have been placing the trap on the sidewalk beside the house feeder. … Continue reading

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Wednesday July 3, 2019

76 degrees, sunny, and calm this morning when I left for the gym. I made a quick grocery store stop on the way home. I then left again for Galax, VA to pick up some gardening stuff from Lowe’s. Did … Continue reading

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Tuesday July 2, 2019

74 degrees, sunny, and calm this morning. I volunteered at the bookstore this morning. Something, not necessarily the raccoon, ate the sardines TC put in the trap last night. The trap was not sprung so it either managed to eat … Continue reading

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Monday July 1, 2019

74 degrees, sunny, and calm this morning when I left for the gym then I returned to work my usual shift. When I took Colin out the other night he chased something to the back fence which I suspected was … Continue reading

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Monday June 3, 2019

62 degrees, sunny, and of course, breezy when I left for the gym this morning. Temperatures are just barely going to make it into the 70’s with 10 to 15 mph winds. Low tonight is to be down into the … Continue reading

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Saturday April 27, 2019

51 degrees, sunny, and windy. Today we had another Blue Ridge Parkway workday. The one today was an event held by the Park Service with clean up going on the entire 498 miles of the Parkway. Our local chapter worked … Continue reading

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Saturday March 30, 2019

51 degrees, partly cloudy, and calm this morning. I left here around 8:30 to meet some other volunteers on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Parts of the Parkway and all public services are not yet open for the tourist season. Our … Continue reading

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