Day Trip to Shepherdstown

June 18 – It was not looking so good again for our day off so we decided not to venture too far away.  Although it was our day off we went out after breakfast and cleaned several grills and fire pits and picked up a bit of trash.  We had 3 campers last night and one was still there.  The lawn guys came and mowed our “yard” and around most of our outdoor items.  Bill would have liked them to weedeat better.  He should have brought ours from last summer.

 

Geese and goslings

Main street of Shepherdstown

After showers we went into Sheperdstown to the Visitors Center.  On the way we had to stop on our road to let a gaggle of geese and their goslings cross.  There’s a house with a pond in front with a fountain and there seem to always a bunch of Canadian geese there.  In Shepherdstown all of the parking is by meter and everyone had warned us to keep the meter (of only 90 minutes) fed or get a ticket.  We checked out some shops where Bill got one of his used books and I got 2 bottles of wine.  I think I did better than he did.  We had lunch at the Blue Moon Café which was recommended by a number of people and did well on Trip Advisor.  It was very good but the service was a little slow and unattentive in the beginning.  Bill had a wrap that was huge and I went with a Mediterranean Salad with grilled chicken.  Loads of feta and delicious lightly roasted tomatoes with oil and seasoning.  Yummy!  Before heading back we stopped at the local McDonald’s to take advantage of the FAST free WIFI.  Oh such a difference than my slow service in the RV.  Bill used the netbook and I took my big Dell.  I knocked over his soda and made a terrible mess but at least it didn’t land on either computer.

 

On the way home I spotted a young doe along the tree line on our road.  We stopped and I got some video but am not sure how well my photo turned out.  There were some new campers when we got home.  5 to be exact.  After dinner we rode our bikes in the other direction tonight, which we liked better.  We figure it was 2 miles round trip.  Before we leave here we hope to be able to do the 6 mile round trip to Ferry Hill and back.