Oh, What a Beautiful Day

This was pretty near the perfect fall day, if there ever was one.  We enjoyed it by going for a hike at one of the local city parks.  Yesterday was a good leg stretcher on the greenway.  Today we basked in the glory of God’s creation as we walked along a dirt foot path deep in the woods away from the sound of cars and the smell of exhaust.  For the most part, the foliage is still green in middle Tennessee.  Late in the hike we found a spot of red. Afterwards, we were tired, but it was that good tired as a result of fresh air, sunshine and a nice long walk. No heavy pack today—just the camera, a bottle of water, and a package of snack crackers.  This was also the first hike for Gene’s new boots which he got for his birthday.  They were a hit.

A man with new boots

I also got in a little holiday shopping this afternoon at Camping World.  You can guess who that was for.  Mr. You Know Who started out with a 2-page wish list and when I got home from Camping World, he gave me another page.  I guess he thinks he’s been pretty good this year.  We’ll see what Santa thinks.

I had several things on my list of chores for today—vacuum, clean the kitchen sink, do a little laundry.  I decided to save it all for tomorrow so I could sit outside on the patio (they are concrete here, very nice) and enjoy the lasts bit of sunshine for today.  The next few days should be sunny, but much cooler with freezing temperatures tomorrow night.

We arrived at this campground last Wednesday—5 days ago.  After we unhitch and push the slides out so Peanut can get out of the truck, one of the first things I do is get the TV set up for viewing.  We don’t watch much TV, but you might say we are addicted to the Today Show in the morning and the evening news.  It only takes about 5 minutes to get the TV working.  I crank up the antenna, push the little green button to turn it on and then let the TV scan for channels.  The new digital box makes this process a little more complicated but it doesn’t take much time.  On Wednesday I was surprised that I was unable to get many channels and only on the bedroom TV.  I twisted and turned on the antenna but all I could get was a very fuzzy NBC.  The only good thing about this is that Today Show is on NBC.  So for a week we watched faithfully morning and evening a fuzzy NBC on the bedroom TV.  I have no words to describe the elation my husband experienced when this evening I discovered I had failed to turn on the antenna.  We now have a great picture from 10 channels in the comfort of our living room.