Saturdays are for ... adventures

  I took a friend to the airport in Roanoke early this morning, then  Nancy and I went shopping at Sam's Club.  Ohhhh, that was an expensive, but worthwhile trip.  I picked up some Basmati & Jasmine rice and other things for the move and house.

  Afterward, Nancy and I had lunch downtown in old Roanoke at an artisan bakery, Bread Craft [<link] owned by someone she used to work with.  Their pastrami rye sandwich was amazing!

 

  Old town Roanoke will require more exploring!  I went into a General Store that was marketed more for tourists than locals but still had some possibilities for future trips.

  I love the renovations that they are doing with some buildings downtown!

  On the way home, we got lost for a bit.  Although we didn't know it.  I apparently lost service on my GPS, and we were blah blah blah yadda yadda yadda talking, and somehow, somewhere, we wound up in another county, in a state park that neither of us recognized.  One U-turn and 30+ minutes later, we were back on track.

  Once home, I was running things back and forth across the street, and my new landlord said that he managed to capture a dangerous animal in the basement with his sticky bug traps.  It took me nearly 20 minutes to get it free and then set it free.  I threw away the rest of the sticky traps.

  This is a Northern Ring-Neck Snake [<link] very gentle, harmless, sweet snake.  They like moist, humid basements.  Hopefully, mine won't be moist and humid much longer!