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Drive to Virginia

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Let's see what this does to our search engine results. :-)

Let's see what this does to our search engine results. :-)

We recently finished a two-and-a-half day cross-country drive from Colorado to Virginia.  It began Thursday, October 8th, when Louisa flew from Roanoke, VA, to Dulles and then to Denver, CO.

Palm Fronds (Not to be confused with the Palm Pr?)

Palm Fronds (Not to be confused with the Palm Pre)

On Friday, we finished cleaning out the old apartment, and then went to the Triceratops Trail in Golden, CO.   We enjoyed seeing the dinosaur prints, as well as fossils of bird tracks, rain drops, leaves, and bug tracks.  We also had a great view of the Front Range.  Then, we began our drive to Kansas City, MO.

There were no errors with this BBQ.

There were no errors with this BBQ.

Saturday morning we went to L.C.’s BBQ for a lunch of burnt end sandwiches.  The sauce was excellent, and the burnt end sandwich was wonderful.  The thick cut fries were also great.  After lunch, we resumed our drive towards Bowling Green, KY.  On the drive through St. Louis we passed next to the Arch, and then over the Mississippi River.  We also saw some pretty Fall colors on the drive through KY.  For dinner we stopped at White Castle, where we enjoyed slyders and fries (we also stopped at White Castles for snacks on Sunday).

The cave was full of these gypsum formations.

The cave was full of these gypsum formations.

On Sunday we took the Grand Avenue tour in Mammoth Cave.  The tour was massive – 4.5 miles over a period of 4.5 hours.  We got to hike up and down two 90′ “mountains” inside the cave, see a lot of gypsum – both “flowers” and sparkly patterns on the walls, the Snowball dining room (so named for fist-sized gypsum snowballs) – where we stopped for some warm vegetable soup, the Frozen Niagara and the stalactite and stalagmite section.  We also saw a wild turkey and deer on the bus ride over to the man-made cave entrance.

After the tour we began our drive to Virginia.  We took a brief detour through Tennessee, and eventually made our way to Blacksburg.  All in all, we had a good drive, and got to see and do some fun things.

Road Trip to Charlotte, NC

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So this past weekend (well, due to delay this was actually last month… :) ) Tony flew into town.  We wanted to get him a desk before he moved out to VA, so we happily donned our Hokie Maroon Effect t-shirts, got a Budget truck, and headed to… Charlotte, NC!  We stopped at Steak n’ Shake for burgers, fries, and an apple pie shake (for Tony) and a double chocolate fudge shake (for Louisa).  Properly fortified, we continued on to Ikea.  We happily browsed through the large showroom before purchasing our desk of choice.  While we didn’t enjoy the humidity of the Charlotte area, we were intrigued by the large sky line.  We were also fortunate enough to hear Virginia Tech’s last-minute victory on the radio.

We also learned some things this weekend…

1.  *icrosoft thinks certain V*rizon components are a tumor (names changed to protect the innocent, and the guilty).

2.  Charlotte is much more humid than Blacksburg.  We prefer Blacksburg weather.

3.  The leaves are already beginning to turn (slowly, but still, Fall is coming).

4.  Corner desks are cool.

5.  Ikea is also very cool. :-)

6.  It’s always fun when couples play each other in fantasy football. ;-)

VT Farm Walk

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Tony and I were both in Blacksburg for his birthday weekend.  Naturally, we decided to take a walk to campus.  The first stop was the duck pond, where we saw literally dozens of ducks, including some interesting “armor-plated” ducks with about half a dozen ducklings.  After watching the ducks for a little while, we continued to wander around campus, and admired the wonderful architecture.  We eventually made it through campus, and decided to stop at Souvlaki’s for lunch.  (Technically, the name is Souvlaki.  However, Louisa finds it necessary to pluralize businesses.  Something about it being more personal that way. ;-) )  We had gyros and cheesesteak (made with gyro meat), and then began the trek home.  At some point, the weather turned from sunny and breezy to drizzly and breezy to rainy.  Not that we minded, since it was still a great day to be outside.