The drive down was wonderful with all the leaves changing. John's mom was already in a good mood just from being close to her roots. She kept talking about how much calmer she was and I could just tell the trip was worth it just because she was happy. On Friday night we went out to dinner at a place called Local Roots. All local foods, obviously. We had an amazing cheese plate and all the main dishes has the main meat served 3 ways. yummy stuff.
On Saturday we started off the day by driving the 5 minutes to Salem and checking out Mom's old digs. We saw her two childhood homes, her school, the minor league baseball stadium where John once got overly excited about a signed ball, ect. We also went to the farmer's market and got a bunch of local stuff - cheese, apple butter, honey....John's dad was in the mood for cider so we drove around the mountains until we found some. Then we drove up the Blue Ridge Parkway to a place called The Peaks of Otter. We were going to have lunch at the lodge there, but it was crowded. We went to the winery - a real bust as far as wine. They were all super sweet fruit wines, not very good. But we did get some more local food, including apples (better in fruit form than wine form!). That night we ventured to the "city" for dessert at a local restaurant.
Sunday was time to head home. First we stopped at the Natural Bridge for a little hike through the woods. It was a gorgeous weekend - couldn't have asked for more.
2 comments:
You had me at cheese plate.
I am not at all exaggerating when I say it was the best cheese plate I've ever had. Virginia makes good cheese.
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