Road Trip

August 12 – We only had to clean the bathhouse since no one was leaving today so we decided to take a little day trip once we were done and showered.  I put beef stew ingredients in the crockpot so I wouldn’t have to make dinner when we got home.  We managed to be on the road by 10:30.

 

Skyline Drive

We drove up to I-64 where it intersects with the Blue Ridge Parkway and Skyline Drive.  We headed north on the Skyline for about 40 miles.  We stopped at several overlooks and the campground at Loft Mountain.  I was able to get 2 passport stamps for my National Parks book.  It’s a very slow winding road and 40 miles was about all my stomach could handle.  We had planned to get off at the Swift Run Gap entrance/exit so it timed out well to exit there and go into Elkton to lunch.   

 

We drove around the small town and finally decided on a local place, C and S Diner.  What an excellent choice!  I had the chicken fried steak special with 2 veggies and boy, was it ever good.  I haven’t had it since vacation last year.  Bill had a very tall hamburger that he also said was really good.  We were happy we went with the local place today.

 

The drive into Waynesboro was nice.  Peaceful, with little traffic, with farms along the road.  We realized we didn’t have time today to go to Staunton, so will save it for another day.  We stopped by the Bed, Bath and Beyond and then drove on to Stuart’s Draft.  There we hit the produce stand, post office so I could mail a package to Shiloh and then The Cheese Shop.  I love that store.  We got more cheese and lunch meats in addition to fried peas and I got some wasabi peas that I know Bill will leave alone.  He was putting stuff in the cart too:  pretzels, sunflower seeds, veggie chips, fried pie.  I priced some items my siblings like so I can see what they want me to bring back.

 

Bill dropped me at Food Lion for a quick stop while he went to Hardee’s for a coke.  I wasn’t long, just needed creamer, eggs and some fruit.  We did our last email check and used the phones and headed back to Sherando where smell of the stew was so good when I opened the door.  Yum!

 

After dinner we took a trash bag and walked the trail behind the amphitheatre and then back around.  We had quite a bag full of trash when we got back.  We are also getting more birds!  One of the volunteer couples, Bill and Barb are leaving Wednesday and they gave us their big tomato plant and a flower but I can’t remember what it is.  It’s in a big hanging basket and sitting on our picnic table.

 

We watched our usual shows and read.