Virginia Trip November 2008

Marge, Jim and I set off for Viriginia during the middle of November. The purpose of this trip was a vacation for Marge, another trip for the retirees, and a special visit with our friends Ginger and Frank Bell. While we were there IT SNOWED! Marge kept saying "It never snows until after the 1st of the year..." and the second day we were there she kept saying "That sure looks like a rain cloud, I didn't know it was going to rain..." and then it snowed instead! We of course were very excited and the residents weren't. We say it snowed - the locals say it was a "dusting." The snow didn't stay unless it fell in a shadow so it really wasn't much where we were located. However, up the mountain the snow stayed and we got to see a lot of that. Deer everywhere, just feeding along side of the road or out in the pastures or on the mountain side. They were beautiful. Of course, I never had my camera with me and so no pictures on this trip. We dined at the Peaks of Otter resort for breakfast (thanks Marge!), we visited an apple orchard, Jim and I had a date to a local steak house, Marge and I shopped at local stores (never even made it to Wal Mart), visited Ginger's business (Ginger Bell's House of Mini Shops), Marge, Ginger, and Frank enjoyed their church's annual Thanksgiving dinner, we stayed up half the night talking almost every night, and we were treated to dinner at Pete and Donna's house. Pete and Donna are friends of Ginger and Frank and now our friends as well. Donna prepared a fabulous home cooked turkey, dressing, fresh cranberry salad, green beans, stewed tomatoes, dinner with coffee, pound cake and blueberry cheesecake ice cream for dessert. (Ginger provided the ice cream).


It was a great trip. Of course! - Marge and I rode in the back seat with our personal chauffeur (James) or our medical transport (Jim), depending on circumstances, doing all the driving.