Today was another of those rambling days where our primary goal was to reach our destination in daylight (we did), with as few miles on interstate highways as possible (mostly accomplished) and with visits to interesting points along the way (not really)
We set out from Newport News via I 64 headed toward Richmond, VA. Numerous attractions filled the first hour including Colonial Williamsburg, Plantation tours, vinyards, great parks and the like. However, in our hast to get on the road we bypassed all these. Also we have been to many of these on other trips. Wishing to avoid both Washington DC and Baltimore, MD on our route north we chose a Western Virginia town at random and headed there. Little Monticello won the draw, and while the drive through the countryside was fascinating, we only stopped to stretch and get something to drink before heading to our other intermediate stop, Winchester, VA in the northwest corner of Virginia (up by the West Virginia border). Winchester is filled with attractions, but our random pick this time was a hole-in-the-wall Italian restaurant called Neighborhood Italian Kitchen. It is TINY but made the best chicken Marsala I have had anywhere (although I had ordered chicken Parmesan). This picture has nearly the whole restaurant
shown.
After an hour or so on I 81 we once again found an alternative and picked rt 30 across southern Pennsylvania and followed it nearly 100 miles to Lancaster where I sit typing this entry. We enjoyed the drive through Gettysburg, and York and all the little towns between.
Some pictures that Ernie's friend Connie took finally caught up with me and I particularly like the one below that shows Gloria and I on Cherry Creek Beach in Little River, SC. I k now it's out of order but it seemed too nice to not post.
Tomorrow we will tour some vendors of Amish furniture before heading home. I love the travel, but it will also be good to be home and see Andrew and Jason again. See you along the way.
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