Blogs from Virginia, United States, North America - page 15

Well it's been almost a week since I've managed to add a post here. I have been far too busy enjoying my holiday to share with you lovely folk! But now I can catch you up on a week's worth of japes. We left Washington DC bright and early on Tuesday morning in our Jeep Cherokee and, having set up the Go-Pro on the bonnet of the car we were good to go. Our first leg was about a 1.5hr drive from DC to Fort Royal where we stopped for a diner breakfast before turning into the Shenandoah National Park and the top of the Skyline Drive. Well. Wow. It was a glorious, hot and sunny day and we wound our way for a few hours along a road that takes you through the park. It ... read more

Puh, der Tag war überstanden, nach dem Einchecken im KOA Campground in Coatsville, Pennsylvania, nur noch schnell ums Eck Bier kaufen. Uns wurde eine nahe gelegene Taverne empfohlen. Eine alte stilvolle Beiz in einem historischen Gebäude. Aufgeteilt in einen Ess- und einen Barbereich. Schnurstracks zur Bar, ein riesen Gejohle der Stammgäste, alle redeten gleichzeitig, wollten uns Kennenlernen und begrüssten uns lautstark: „Hey what’s going on? Where do you come from? That’s our Pub! Nice to have you here! Come on, let’s have a beer together!”. Jap, wir hatten innerhalb von zwei Minuten zehn betrunkene Einheimische an der Backe, die uns nicht mehr gehen lassen wollten. Well, it was fun :-) Wir blieben zwei Nächte auf dem idyllischen Campground bevor es uns weiter zog. Das nächste Ziel war der sogenannte Skyline Drive durch den Shenandoah National Park ... read more

Geo: 37.2715, -79.9405Editor's NOTE: Normally Glenn proof-read's my blog and does some major editing, however I am not asking him to do this for me, since he needs a break. So bear with me if there are misspelled words and the grammar is incorrect. Thanks for reading.Panera Bread was our next stop. Erica G. (MK with Camino) works here. Also, Katherine B. attends Liberty University. They're roommates. We did not see Liberty University. We had a good 45 minute visit with Katherine. Glenn bought her lunch. It was her first day of school. We have met her before, but she didn't remember. She is a missionary kid from Mexico. Erica was working the whole time of our Panera visit however when she "clocked out", we sat and visited with her for 10 minutes before she had ... read more

Geo: 37.3636, -79.29Editor's NOTE: Normally Glenn proof-read's my blog and does some major editing, however I am not asking him to do this for me, since he needs a break. So bear with me if there are misspelled words and the grammar is incorrect. Thanks for reading.After our lunch with Abby and Josh, Glenn and I continued on to Norfolk. I found a Starbuck that Glenn and I could "chill out" and wait for our 4:30pm meeting time with Amy and Josh.Amy is the daughter of Dave and Kathi. Amy's uncle is Gary Beekman. She traveled down to Bolivia back in the 90's with her dad to help out with our SAM mission conference. So, it had been nearly 25 plus years since we had seen her. I do follow her on FB, and recently we ... read more

Geo: 37.1097, -76.5187Editor's NOTE: Normally Glenn proof-read's my blog and does some major editing, however I am not asking him to do this for me, since he needs a break. So bear with me if there are misspelled words and the grammar is incorrect. Thanks for reading.We continued our journey to Tad and Abby's home. They live in Newport News, VA. Abby Beets. We have known her since "forever". Abby's parents are Tom and PJ. The Beets family would fly to Bolivia and we would help with logistics when they would continue on to Rincon de Tigre. Matter of fact, Tom has helped Glenn with medical advise and such. They also hou It was good to finally meet Tad. Tad attended West Point. He's in the Army. Bright guy. We talked a mile a minute. Abby ... read more