We're baaaaaack!

We left the hotel in Cornelius fairly early (at least for us) this morning and just kept driving until we got back to Tampa. Okay, so we stopped for snacks and we had a late lunch/early dinner at the Arby's in Starke. And now we're back home, after 4 weeks on the road. It was fun, but it was also time to come home and play with all the stuff we bought. After unpacking most of my stuff I realized that I will have a lot to play with!

We're going home!

We left Gettysburg this morning to make our way back to Tampa. It was raining when we left this morning, but after a while the rain stopped. We had a cloudy day, just perfect for driving. After we had been on the road for about an hour, we decided to have a late breakfast. We stopped at this funky little restaurant called "John's" where we had a good breakfast and a lot of fun. Back on the road again, and we made it all the way to Charlotte, NC. I'm glad we got off the road because we were starting to get into rush hour traffic - not my favorite time on the road. We checked into the hotel and I went across the street to "Acropolis" where I picked up dinner. Tomorrow is another day of driving.

Gettysburg Battlefield

Today was a quiet day, not much happening. We watched the movie "Gettysburg", a 4 hour movie about the battle of Gettysburg. Then Scotty took us to the battlefield and we looked at all the places mentioned in the movie. It was interesting, more so because I had just seen the movie and everything was fresh in my mind.

In the evening the four of us went to dinner in Gettysburg, then spend a quiet evening at the house.

Apple Harvest Festival

Our first stop this morning was to a little Nature Preserve where Judy's daughter Marsha volunteers. Judy met her old friend Bear there.

Marsha, Judy and Jan.

Afterwards, Judy and Jan drove me to the Apple Harvest Fest where I spend the day.

For dinner we were invited to Marsha's house and we spent a really nice evening there.

Chambersburg

It was a beautiful morning and Judy and I spent some time on the porch.

Judy and Duncan went for a walk down to the lake and back again. Duncan is my little buddy, and even though I am not a cat person, Duncan could change my mind.

Judy took us to Chambersburg and on the way there we stopped at a round barn. I always liked round barns, but until today I never actually saw one. Outside the barn was a farm with horses and mules and goats and little donkeys. Judy talked to the horse. I don't know what the conversation was about, but I'm pretty sure carrots and apples were mentioned.

We checked out the round barn where farmers from the area sell their goods. Judy bought a really beautiful plant for her front door.

After the round barn, Judy took us to a winery up on a hill, for nothing other than to show us the beautiful view from the top.

Mannings

We went to another yarn store today - go figure! Judy, Jan and I went over to Mannings in East Berlin. It was raining all morning and the drive over there was really wet. We walked around Mannings, and yes, we bought some things because we still have some empty space in Jan's car.


After the shopping we couldn't get from the store to the car because of the rain. So we sat on the porch at Manning's where we waited for the rain to let up.

It was time for lunch and Judy took us to "Dobbin House" www.dobbinhouse.com . The restaurant is in an old building and we had a good lunch and it was fun to look around the building. There are old embroidered pictures on the wall,

and a place where in the old days the slaves were hidden away so they would be safe.

There is a lot of history in this building!

The restaurant was actually under ground and lit mostly by candles. The waitresses are dressed in period costumes and the menu is fun to read, because they had written it like you would expect it to be written a hundred years ago.

It was still raining when we left there, so we went back to Judy"s house where some of us took a nap and I knit. We had dinner at home, and then knit some more.

Leaving Vermont

This morning Kathie came by the hotel room to give us home made maple syrup to take home. The weather was good for driving, overcast, but not raining. We drove all day, then we got into Gettysburg around 6pm. We got settled in, had dinner at the house and I went to bed fairly early.