The Blue Ridge Parkway was breathtakingly pretty in many spots. The Lord was so gracious to even allow the sun to pop out a few times. The rays enhanced the beauty of the leaves even more!
God’s handiwork was seen all day. Even the forest, though somewhat bare already, was a sight to behold!
En route to the restaurant the Lord let us discover a beautiful and huge Christian bookstore in Boone, NC. We got to wander through the shelves of music, paintings, books, cards, journals, their little coffee shop and much more for about thirty minutes. What a treat! They were playing beautiful piano music by Steve Sensenig. The music was a blessing and added to the sweet day we enjoyed.
We also got to shop for a bit at the Mast General Store in Boone. What fun that place is! Do you see a theme here? Shopping! =)
After all that meandering we finally made it to the restaurant (with an appetite – good thing!). It is a rustic place that serves the best Southern meal you can imagine! We enjoyed fried chicken, country ham, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, corn, slaw, cooked apples, biscuits and cobbler with ice cream! It was served family style. I didn’t try everything, had no seconds and ate only 1/3 of my dessert, and I was very full, but oh so happy! It was delicious.
Here’s part of our group before our meal…
waiting for our meal…
and getting ready to dive into our meal! Look at that chicken!
How I thank the Lord for our seniors. They make these trips a blessing because of their sweet attitudes. It rains? They don’t care! They just enjoy being out, honoring the Lord with our fellowship, and having fun together!
We usually always have cookies for our trip on the van. Yesterday we enjoyed chocolate chip cookies (thanks Reva). She makes the best. She’ll have to share her recipe with me so I can share it with you!
Thanks for letting me share the blessing of my trip with you. I pray you can get out and take a drive while the leaves are pretty…if they haven’t fallen already where you are.
The Lord is so gracious to allow us days like this and I praise Him.
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