MAY 10 2012- Blue Ridge Parkway Sightseeing.

MAY 10 2012- Blue Ridge Parkway Sightseeing


Started off the day with breakfast and planning our day... woke to bright skies but quite cold (crisp 14 degrees all day).
Then headed North on the parkway to Mabry Mill where we raced in to the loo and met up with some lovely ladies from the Red Hat Ladies Association in the gift shop... check out the 'bling' on the lady on the right!!!

Quote from lady on Left "That's gonna be an award winner"

Allo!!! Anyone Home??

Life is good!!

They sure did like their booze!!! (not much changes huh? .. Just the wrapping and the price.

Handsome Retiree!!!!

Amazing system of water delivery for the mill.

After leaving the Mill we headed a little further north to a Winery "Chateau Morrisette". Tasted a few wines and were very impressed with the whites, but the reds were a little to light for our taste. This made Janice extremely happy as she was able to buy two, yes, two bottles of white. Sorry Derek!!!

On the way back toward camp we found the perfect property for the 'Handyman".. a little fixer-upper.

 

But it had a million dollar view!!!!!!!!

Some more random views along the way back to camp at Fancy Gap KOA

Beautiful Flowers Everywhere

Back at camp to settle down and read for an hour or so.

  AND FOR THE SIGN OF THE DAY











THERE WERE NO FLOWERS IN SIGHT ..... SO I CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT NO-ONE PAID ANY ATTENTION TO THE SIGN.

As an added note. Today was so very relaxing. Really the first day we have actually done any relaxed sightseeing. This is a beautiful part of the world and we felt so grateful today to have this amazing opportunity to explore. We pulled onto a side-road and parked looking out over the Blue Ridge Mountains and ate our packed lunch (Salmon sandwiches and a thermos of coffee).  We are both just starting to grasp the idea that retirement is here.  We went to a local fudge/chocolate factory store to discover that Virginians CANNOT make good fudge... thank goodness we only bought 4 ounces!! (3 of which are uneaten!!) Back at camp we settled in to read books and, in Derek's case, play with garage band. Then Derek made supper (low-fat sausage in Marinara sauce with pasta) while Janice showered and generally lolly-gagged around.  The camp owner came round when we had mentioned at the camp store that the cable wasn't working... he showed us that the trailer has an antenna booster that was fighting with the cable!!!   DUH..... WHO KNEW????? All good!!! Tomorrow we have a LONG drive to Charleston South Carolina, so not much chance of blogging for a couple of days.