I made it safely back to Atlanta after a weekend in the mountains. This is what I learned:
- The weather up there made it very hard to return to the smog and humidity in Atlanta
- My niece can run at full speed with a soccer ball at her feet (right, left, no matter)
- I’m still a pretty good shot–at skeet anyway as there were fields ready for dove hunting
- Real country ham is damn tasty
- The Findells are still a very tight band, even if they are covering the Statler Brothers
- You can eat a good meal in Staunton for pretty cheap
- St. Mary’s falls still look the same (much of the upper river and trail seems to have escaped the damage caused by Isabel)
- The Blue Ridge Parkway is some of the best driving that I know of
- Col Alto is a pretty decent hotel
- Frank’s still makes great Calzones
- The Palm’s still has that ridiculous “Justification for Higher Education” poster in the corner
- Lexington really needs another bar
- And Lexington rarely changes
- No matter where you travel, the traffic in South Carolina is guaranteed to suck
I hope everyone had a happy and safe holiday weekend.
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