Walk and Chicken Fry

The main event for yesterday was the Chicken Fry to benefit the Volunteer Firefighters being held in the town of Wilson at 12 Noon. We took a walk into town before that, at 9:30, to get our daily dose of exercise.

The walk into town is getting easier and easier for us as we get into better shape. The objective for us yesterday was to find a couple hats that we could wear while hiking that would keep our ears and neck from being exposed to the sun. We arrived a little before the stores opened so we stopped at the Coffee Roasters to grab a latte while waiting for them to open at 10 AM:

We thought the latte's were better there than the ones we had at the other coffee shop on the 4th of July before the parade. The town stage coach was in action yesterday morning as we were walking to the different outfitters:

We were successful in locating a couple hats so we are now ready for our next hike. These are our new hiking hats as taken in a shot in the truck later in the day:

They should certainly keep the sun off our ears and neck.

The last shot of the morning was of the hanging baskets that are all over town and spruce up the streets:

We returned home in time to get ready for the Chicken Fry and we arrived right on time at 12 noon. If we thought we would be early, we were wrong. The line already had hundreds of people waiting and we were lucky to even find a parking space. The line was well managed though:

and we enjoyed listening to the entertainment - a local entertainer playing the guitar and singing:

Most of the folks that came to this benefit knew that they had to bring chairs or blankets to sit on while eating their chicken dinner. We didn't know that, but will remember for next year if we return.
The location in Wilson was one where we had excellent views of the mountains:

and the field full of wildflowers, dominated by these flowers that looked like snapdragons:

Our lunch was very good and we left shortly after 1:00 to get ready for work. We stopped on the side of the road to get these shots of the horses that usually hang out at this location at one of the many ranches in the area:

We packed a lot into one morning before going to work at 3 PM. It was another sellout at the lodge and the time went fast, as usual, when we are very busy.

Our third day of the work week is today and, from what we could tell in the room availability reports, we will be selling out every day for the rest of this month. It is the peak of the summer season right now, so it will be business as usual...