Meandering

Yesterday, I meandered.  If you have never meandered, make plans to try it.  It is awesome!

I was on my way to Pennsylvania.  Vol Fan had to hurry along to get to the job site in a timely manner.  I knew our hotel room wouldn't be available until later in the day.  Meandering seemed the logical choice to waste some time.  We had stopped the night before in Raphine, Virginia so I was perfectly situated for roaming around northern Virginia.

My first stop was Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park in Middletown, Virgina.  Middletown was a wonderful small town.  Historic homes - most lovingly restored - and beautiful rolling hills made for a very scenic morning!

Next up was Harper's Ferry.  What a beautiful place!  I would have loved to have had more time to explore.  Maybe we can return one day with Vol Fan.

What fun day!

I Really Didn’t Sign Up For This

Hello! My name is R. L. Monkee. And I go on adventures. Pretty clever since that is the title of my blog, right? No one asked if I wanted to go on adventures. They just take me. They being The Incredible Woody and her husband, Vol Fan.

Sometimes Vol Fan doesn't want to go either but we like to keep Woody happy. Like the old saying goes – If Woody ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy.  Thus the adventures.

So sit down. Kick off your shoes. I'll tell about my most recent adventure.


Last Saturday I got stuffed in this backpack.  And let me tell you, it was cramped in there.  Cameras, lenses, cords, etc all pushing into my most delicate areas.  They better be glad that I am one tough monkey!

Then they hauled me to the airport.  And we waited and waited.  And waited some more.  Finally it was our turn to go.

I was excited about looking out of the window but there was nothing to see except clouds.  For the entire trip – nothing but clouds!!

Several hours later we landed in Las Vegas!!  We gathered our luggage, rented a car, and headed out of town.  Wait!  What?  Out of town?  We were in Las Vegas for goodness sake.  Why would we want to leave?  But Woody had ideas and ideas lead to problems for me and Vol Fan.  So we set off on a 3-hour drive....