Thursday we got up and headed for Skyline Drive and Shanendoah National Park. I must say that the park is gorgeous as is the drive, but I most likely will NEVER do it again. Up until mile 26 where we got to have lunch, see the stables, etc., the rest of the trip was green and for us, pretty boring. I'm glad we did it though :) We did have a marvelous lunch at the skyline cafe, where I had a Reuben and sweet potato fries and David had a burger and fries, and then we SHARED one of their signature desserts - blackberry cobbler with homemade blackberry ice cream...can you say YUM!
Friday we drove around Front Royal, picking up some groceries for the weekend, and getting a pretty good deal on some firewood, then we came back to the MH and just relaxed...our wonderful kids arrived about 8:30, got set up and then we had mountain pies and just relaxed around a good campfire.
Saturday morning Dawn made a fantastic breakfast pizza that we all just gnawed on! Then we went for a nice long walk, the kids were doing the shakedown of their 'new' motorhome, so there were lots of things they were checking on - lights that wouldn't go out, lights that wouldn't go on, etc., just the usual stuff :) All in all, pretty good day, I made sloppy joes, sweet potato salad, baked beans and of course there was the bonfire - and we plyed a great long game of 'Name that Tune' where the kids got as many tunes right as we did! We did break out a bottle of bubbly to christen the kids motorhome :) Here is a pic of both of the units, side by side!
This morning we all had breakfast together, waffles, sausage, eggs, juice - then they started packing up...it all went well, and they pulled out about 11:30ish. I did shed a few tears because I don't know when we'll see them next, but at least they are in the states, and if I need a fix too bad I'll just fly to DC to see them! I'd love to see them over Christmas, but that is always such a busy crazy time...sigh!
This afternoon we plotted our course for tomorrow - we were planning on going to Stafford, then over to the coast and south, but David has cold feet about driving in big city traffic, so we will be taking yet another windy twisty road to Lynchburg VA where we will stay for at least 2 days, maybe more.
I've been going to Skyline Drive since camping there as a kid. I well remember arriving a cool very foggy evening. Mom and Dad sat up the tent and we settled in. WOW~ in the morning we found we were just feet in front of a cliff!
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Thanks Phyllis - we are enjoying every mile!
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