Some Day is Here: Tom Johnson's Barbecue

I have been delayed in keeping our blog updated due to lingering back muscle spasms. Hopefully, I can get the time at Tom Johnsons completed as will complete our summer and fall of 2012. Our bounder will be parked in Morganton most of the rest of the year.... heart be still

8-31-2012 took time to do some house cleaning during the AM. We welcomed Buzz to the camp!! Merilee will come after work. We shared cantaloupe to our MOD with the troops. The troops shared left overs for a 'Train Wreck' MOD!! So good to have Merilee and Buzz camping with us.

Buzz and merilee Bakewell

Yes, merilee got up EARLY every AM and was to work as an elementary
school teacher every day!! YEAH!!

Introducing our camping group!!

Each meal was eaten under the big canapy/tentsAdd caption

Monroe Clark and Bruce trying to solve the world's problems?

Nancy Clark..wife of Monroe

RT and Denise Boone and their 'borrowed' dog, Gidget

Judy Wommack (R) and her sister Janet Littleton

Lamar and Judy Wommack

Buzz and Merilee Bakewell

Helen and Richard Greene
the leaders of the 'Morganton Mafia"

We watched lots of football...Gators beat Bowling Greene, ECU beat App!!!, Alabama beat Michigan and WCU got the socks beat off them.......We had Lasagna for our MOD, made by Merilee. Denise made salad, Nancy made green peas and I made a blueberry cobbler and seerved warm with vanilla ice cream.

9-2-2012 Bruce went to the grocery store for Chili fixins!! he got it going in the crockpot and the RV smelled so good ALL day.reading Lisa Jackson books. Rained some with very dark clouds but did not last long. All of the chili was eaten and the MOD was great as usual with cornbread, rice and cherry yum yum by Roxie Powell.

9-3-2012 Today was a day to rest in the AM and read. had a fairly good day with my back. our MOD was hamburgers and hotdogs, baked beans, cole slaw, chips and peach cobbler.

9-4-2012 Today was a trip to Morganton. I got my hair trimmed and colored!! about 1 1/2 inches shorter and she changed the color a bit!! LOVE it! ate lunch at Timberwoods and our MOD at Hollie's Deli...... the DNC began. Great keynote address by the Mayor of San Antonio and then the First Lady spoke, Michelle Obama. i was so fired up that i could not sleep. awake most of the night.
I support 77% of Obama reelection campaign issues. I have had a difficult time with the gay marriage( God's definition of marriage is clear that it is between one man and one woman) and extreme abortion issues (used for birth control and late term abortion for ANY reason). However, I support Obamacare, higher taxes for the rich (Mitt Romney paid a less percentage in federal income tax than Bruce and I did), and foreign policy (seems less war hungry), Social Security and Medicare. Abortion in the case of rape or incest should be the individual woman's decsion (hopefully with wise Christian council). Most of all, I personally feel after reading on several occasions that the Obama's faith is Christian based. There are MANY people who would be quick to debate that fact. President Obama said that he remembers well when he walked the aisle and gave his heart to the Lord. I accept anyone else's profession of faith, why should I not accept his?

9-5-2012 I was able to exercise this AM for 3 miles, swept and made stuffed mushrooms from Kelly's recipe. Another big meal under the canape with the troops. Steaks and potatoes!!, salad and dessert....Bobby and Roxie Powell's pomaranian, Missy, died. This was such a sad time for them as their dogs are their family.

9-6-2012 I again felt like exercising 3 miles. This was a lazy day for me. Bruce hunted for the Krusteas pancake mix . He and richard Greene cooked waffles and RT Boone cooked ham, bacon and sausage. YEAH for breakfast for supper....bruce and I listened to President Obama's speech.

9-7-2012 I have had alot of back pain today. We had another big meal with the troops. pinto beans and fried potatoes and onions by Denise and RT. Other dishes were crockpot macaroni and cheese, rutabegas, salad. corn and ccornbread with lemon (to die for) pound cake. to bed early tonight. It was very hot and finally cooled with a fan!!

9-8-2012 cleaned some in the RV. Bruce went to Morganton and got the refill of my muscle relaxant, so neither of us ate Tom's breakfast buffet. We ladies played Bingo and our 'group' had NO winners!......Bruce and I took lots of pictures. The evening barbecue meal was great. there were about 5000 people fed tonight.

Joyce and Dennison from the Carolina Guroo Club

One example of the georgeous landscaping at this dealer

old race car that Tommy drove when Barney was after him in the
deputy's sherriff's car

Another old race car

campsites

Campsites

more campsites

Another view of campsites

A great view of campsites

The 50 amp campsites

the children's play area

ominous clouds

A second picture of the clouds before the rain shower

dark clouds over the mountain

this was a double rainbow after the rain shower

A picture that a PA that works at McDowell Hospital took
was shared by my neighborwho also works at McDowell Hospital
you can see the second one above the prominent one!!