FANCY GAP, VA.  Events of late have not been very adventurous.  We attended church Sunday, Aug 3rd, in Mt Airy at the Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church (OPC) that we have attended in the past when parked in Mt Airy.  It is about a half hour drive from Fancy Gap to Mt Airy on typical country roads found in this neck of the woods.  Since several church members live far from the church, rather than an evening service they have a weekly covered dish lunch followed at 2 pm by an afternoon service.  Makes for a good time of fellowship every week.  

On Monday, Aug 4th, we did some grocery shopping in a nearby town named Galax, VA.  Our familiar Publix stores cannot be found around here, though there is a nice one in Boone and several other towns in NC.  Shopping in a Walmart was not nearly as nice, but that was the best food store in Galax.  Galax is a truly small, poor, country town.  I hear there are things to do there, and the Eagles, our friends from their days in St Augustine, seem to have gotten involved in events at the local community center.  

On Thursday, Aug 7th, we enjoyed a nice dinner at the Eagles' house, along with our mutual friends, the Totzkes, whom we met last year while visiting up here.  They live in the same neighborhood with the Eagles.  I tried to get a photo of our group for this blog, but could not find enough interest in being photographed.  Maybe later.

Friday, Aug 8th, the Eagles picked us up to drive down to Mt Airy for a monthly church group dinner at Lobby Hill Seafood.  Interesting place serving large portions.  We all ate too much.  Once again I failed to get a group photo.

On Saturday, Aug 9th, we mostly did laundry in the motorhome.  Takes a long time for a load to run in the smaller sized washers and dryers that fit in a motorhome, but to be preferred to going to a local coin laundry.

On Sunday, Aug 10th, we again were at church for the two services and lunch.  A nice time of fellowship.  

Today, Monday Aug 11th, began with a downpour of rain with nothing but rain in sight for the next few days.  However, early afternoon the rain suddenly quit and the sun came out brightly.  Actually, the sun felt too hot for me.  I had gone out in a rain parka expecting rain, but it had quit and while carrying a garbage bag up the hill to the local dumpster, the sun came out and stayed out.  The dumpster has a bear lock on it for the local black bears, but I have not seen any, and the locals say that they are rare.

Our bird feeder with a camera has captured nothing here.  If we had been able to follow our original itinerary with stops in Newland, NC, it likely would have proved to be more promising.  At the Eagles' house, they have several feeders with beautiful birds, but around here the very large crows seem to chase them off.

Hopefully in coming days we can find more interesting adventures to report.