It has been over 10 years since I have made my way east to
my moms cabin in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. And since she was holding Torch hostage it
was time to make the journey. Just kidding about the hostage situation, that
was part of the deal, she agreed to keep him while we sailed south, as long as
we agreed to come pick him up in person. Done and done. It was nothing personal
why I had not been to her place in so long, only that as I was living in
beautiful southern California the past ten years and it just seemed like the
better use of a plane ticket if she came to me. Also, the winters in those
mountains are out of the question for me. I don’t do cold well.
So we tuned up Big Blue, and hit the road from Wills Point,
Texas. Destination-Broadway, Virginia.
What was supposed to be a week or two road-trip turned into a solid
month plus!
In that time, Marc’s sister Kristy came out for her
birthday. To celebrate, mom so generously cooked us a massive lobster feast!! Kristy
had never been to Virginia or spent much time in the country and it was good
times to explore around mom’s world with her.
We also drove up to Connecticut to visit my brother Rob, his
wife Tina, and my niece and nephew, Isabella and Cristian. We only got a week
there but we were able to spend some great quality time due to the fact that
they had not started back to school yet. The day we left we got to see Cristian
off on a milestone experience in every youngsters life, his first bus ride to
his first day of kindergarten. Love those little monkeys!!
While in Connecticut we shot over to NYC for a day to hang
out with Marc’s cousin Justin. He has been going to grad-school at NYU, and we
were excited to check out the niche he had dug into that concrete jungle. It
seems we were just in time as he had decided to head back to California to
finish his degree. We spent the afternoon catching up and waiting for the
movers to arrive. Once the boxes were loaded we headed out for some beers and
good eats that that city is so famous for.
Our time in Virginia was filled with many good times and
more than merits its own post. So, next up… “Things to do in Virginia”
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