A drive in the country

Mom and Dad are in town for a few days. They spent a few days last week in New York and their paws are still aching from all the walking. So, we decided that today we should take a car trip to visit the Virginia countryside. TANGENT: When Kristin worked at AOL, she and a coworker had a view of rural Loudoun County out their window. Her coworker would often gaze out the window and say, sighing, "God's country, Virginia." Today we visited "God's country, Virginia." (Sample picture to the right.)

We started down Route 50 West through Aldie, Middleburg, and a few other towns. Just after Upperville we turned on to a little road called Trappe Road. Off to the left lay the Blue Ridge Mountains. Leaves were starting to change colors; more so than near our house. The air was clean and cool. I rolled down the windows to try to clear the suburbs out of my lungs.

We wound down country roads, leaving pavement behind, kicking up dust, and saying hello to the cows and pigs. Kristin called the cows pigs, but that is another story for another time. We followed Trappe to Ridgeside Road, then to Foggy Bottom Road. The old Stake Farm is on Foggy Bottom Road, so we stopped in to check it out. Back in the car we drove to the Snickersville Turnpike where we stopped at the old Snickersville Store. I bought some homemade cookies, chocolate chip and peanut butter, and Dad bought some lemon cookies and some oatmeal raisin cookies. We sat on the store's porch and chatted for a little while, enjoying the beautiful fall breeze.

On the way home we stopped by Hill High Orchard so Dad could get a slice of Strawberry Rhubarb pie, his favorite. Riding back into civilization my mother remarked, "Isn't it interesting how three houses close together can look so crowded?"

Click here to see a map of our route.

We stopped by Exxon for a car wash. Needed to remove all the dust from the unpaved roads. YEM 2.0 looks great.