Everyday

Thanksgiving Eve in Shepherdstown is a night on the town.  Generations of town kids arrive back home and congregate at the Mecklinburg Inn for beers and old stories from “the Glory Days”.

Shepherdstown at Sunset

Before we could begin the evening, we had some shopping to do.  List in hand, we went to the [...]

Tonight Tim and I are comfortable and out of the ever present, misting rain in West Virginia.  After a restful day at Kevin and Georgia’s, we drove up i70 to Shepherdstown, WV.  I grew up in Shepherdstown and it’s one of my very favorite places.  The town was founded in 1734 and still has the [...]

“Your options tonight are Mature or Immature”, Kevin tells us.

“IMMATURE”, Tim states.

“Ok” Kevin states, “we’re going to mature”.

This is our conversation Saturday night as we left the Ram’s Head after a fabulous Carbon Leaf concert.    It was just part of a hilarious night in Annapolis, MD.

Carter

Saturday morning we woke up at the [...]

Thursday Tim and I packed up Frank and took to the road after a great visit with Uncle Tom and Aunt Faye.  We were heading north to Harrisonburg, home of my alma mater, JMU, and the incredible hospitality of the Bournes.

Harrisonburg Reunion

Tim and I first met Jeff and Mary Lou Bourne and [...]

Tonight Tim and I are snuggled tight in Uncle Tom’s Caboose.  Poague Run is rented for the evening so we packed our bags and moved over to C & O Number 90853.  This coolest of vacation rentals is a fully restored Caboose from the Chesapeake & Ohio Line.  Uncle Tom renovated it top to bottom [...]

Christine – 95 Years Young

This weekend we’ve seen many corners of Virginia.  Friday we left in the rain to drive from Blackstone after a wonderful week with Leroy and Sylvia.  Despite the storms of Tropical Storm Ida which gobbled up the coastline from Nags Head to Norfolk, we stayed warm, dry, and exceptionally well [...]

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Tonight Tim and I are back in Blackstone.  After an early morning rising, we drove to Colonial Heights for work and then finished the trip back to Leroy and Sylvia’s.  We wanted to be sure we were home in time for Adam Newcomb’s 39th.  Adam and Tim have been friends since they were 14.  We [...]

Tim’s crazy weekend of Talladega speaks for itself through amazing pictures.  From the first moment when they squeezed Frank through the 9 foot tunnel into the infield, they managed to wring fun out of every possible second.

Nonstop noise punctuated a wedding, 3 days of racing, trackside time in the pits, views from atop the massive [...]