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Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Townsend, GA
Here are several photos of the Lake Harmond RV park that we stayed at in GA on the way home from Martinsville. As I said in the last
blog it was a very nice place. John was just sorry that he did not have his fishing pole with him this trip.
We should be home for a while, but then you never know with the wandering Badgers!!!!!!
That is all for now,
Candy
blog it was a very nice place. John was just sorry that he did not have his fishing pole with him this trip.
We should be home for a while, but then you never know with the wandering Badgers!!!!!!
That is all for now,
Candy
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Martinsville, VA
Hi All,We got to Martinsville, VA. on Friday morning and checked into our camping spot. We were not in a campground but parked in a big field with hundreds of other race car nuts!! The weather was overcast and rather cool. As we have our generator and are all self contained we were fine. On Friday we went to the track which was a short walk over a hill, to watch the time trials. Jeff Gordon won the pole for the race on Sunday with the fastest time.
We had a cold night and the temperatures on Saturday were only in the low 40's. Thank goodness we had brought warm clothes with us!!! We walked over to watch the truck race in the afternoon. I don't like them as much as John does but they were fun and it is a short race.
Sunday was the big NASCAR race. It was COLD, with an overcast sky that looked like rain (snow would be more like it!) Anyway we bundled up and headed to the tack. I had on three shirts, tow pair of socks along with my jeans and warm jacket. We had a blanket and
had brought seat cushions with us. The sky kept looking like rain. We did not see any rain but there was sleet in the air!!! It was a good race. I like the short track as you can see the entire track. The only thing is that you have to know who is in the lead because the leaders catch up with the slower cars and then the fun begins! Denny Hamlin won the race and Jeff Gordon came in second. I have to admit that I was glad when the race was over to get back to the R V and turn up the heat.
We left on Monday morning early. It had rained over night and the field was turning into a mud field. John got stuck but got going okay again. We drove in the rain most of the day until the sun finally broke out in Georgia. We stopped at the Lake Harmony RV Park in Townsend, Ga. It was a lovely campground with
a big lake that you could fish with no licence. John did not have any fishing gear with him. The lake has bass and bluegill. There was a limit of 5 bass and 10 bluegill. There were several people fishing but we did not see them catching anything. We were told that the lake is 80 feet deep! They had a nice little beach there also but it was a little cold for swimming. We had a beautiful evening and were very grateful that the weather was much warmer than what we had left in Virginia!Well, we are home again for a while. John is still looking to leaving Florida in June for points west again. It will depend on the cost of fuel as to where we will end up this summer. That's all for now.
Love, Candy and Johnny
Hi All, We are finally back home! It was another fun trip! Johnny really like this life style and would go full time if I let him. I need my roots and home! We were without Internet access for most of our trip. We have talked about getting the phone Internet access but I 
am still not sure...
On Tuesday, we drove up to Boonsville, N.C. Along the way we stopped at the Richard Childress Winery. Richard Childress owns several NASCAR teams along with all his other ventures. I have to say that he has put a great deal of money into the winery. The building and the grounds were something. They have a small bistro in the winery, so we had lunch there. It was excellent. We had some wonderful soup and sandwich. Then we took the tour of the winery and learned that they have not been making wines very long. They planted the first vines in 2000 and produced their first wines in 2002. They are wonderful and have won awards already for their wines. The grounds are very beautiful and very well kept.
On Wednesday we went to several other winery's in the area. One was RagApple Lassie. This again is a new winery. The name comes from 1957 when the owner of the land entered his prize cow in the county fair and won first prize. The label on their wine has a picture of a cow sitting on a half moon. When the farm was no longer profitable the family turned from crops and cows to tobacco. The tobacco business did not last very long with the decline in smoking in the US. Rather than let the lane be turned into developments for housing, the family wanted to keep the land and the area the small town that it was so they turned to growing grapes and producing wine. Their wines also were very nice! From Rag Apple we went to Shelton Winery. John and I had experienced some of their wines on previous trips to North Carolina and had been very impressed. They also have a very lovely winery and a restaurant on the property. We had lunch there and the food was excellent. John had called and made an appointment for their reserve wine tasting. We found several great wines there. Their Reserve Chardonnay was out of this world. It is in high demand that one could only purchase 3 bottles. Not near enough for my liking. John also enjoyed their red wines. Have to admit that we did spent over our wine budget but got some beautiful wines.
As our budget was spent, on Thursday we decided to drive north along the Blue Ridge Parkway. We had only been south on the Parkway from where we were, so we headed north into Virginia. The weather was sunny and nice! Along the way we stopped at the Mabry Mill. It has been preserved and very lovely. The trees were just beginning to bud out. There were some Cherry blossom trees that were in full bloom and they were very pretty.
The last photo here is of a still that they had on the Mabry property. I think that this reminded John of the good old days!!!!
I will close this blog for now as I can only seem to get 4 photos on each blog. I will finish up with the race photos in Martinsville in the next up date.
That's all for now.
Your wandering travelers,
Candy and Johnny
am still not sure...
On Tuesday, we drove up to Boonsville, N.C. Along the way we stopped at the Richard Childress Winery. Richard Childress owns several NASCAR teams along with all his other ventures. I have to say that he has put a great deal of money into the winery. The building and the grounds were something. They have a small bistro in the winery, so we had lunch there. It was excellent. We had some wonderful soup and sandwich. Then we took the tour of the winery and learned that they have not been making wines very long. They planted the first vines in 2000 and produced their first wines in 2002. They are wonderful and have won awards already for their wines. The grounds are very beautiful and very well kept.
On Wednesday we went to several other winery's in the area. One was RagApple Lassie. This again is a new winery. The name comes from 1957 when the owner of the land entered his prize cow in the county fair and won first prize. The label on their wine has a picture of a cow sitting on a half moon. When the farm was no longer profitable the family turned from crops and cows to tobacco. The tobacco business did not last very long with the decline in smoking in the US. Rather than let the lane be turned into developments for housing, the family wanted to keep the land and the area the small town that it was so they turned to growing grapes and producing wine. Their wines also were very nice! From Rag Apple we went to Shelton Winery. John and I had experienced some of their wines on previous trips to North Carolina and had been very impressed. They also have a very lovely winery and a restaurant on the property. We had lunch there and the food was excellent. John had called and made an appointment for their reserve wine tasting. We found several great wines there. Their Reserve Chardonnay was out of this world. It is in high demand that one could only purchase 3 bottles. Not near enough for my liking. John also enjoyed their red wines. Have to admit that we did spent over our wine budget but got some beautiful wines.
As our budget was spent, on Thursday we decided to drive north along the Blue Ridge Parkway. We had only been south on the Parkway from where we were, so we headed north into Virginia. The weather was sunny and nice! Along the way we stopped at the Mabry Mill. It has been preserved and very lovely. The trees were just beginning to bud out. There were some Cherry blossom trees that were in full bloom and they were very pretty.
The last photo here is of a still that they had on the Mabry property. I think that this reminded John of the good old days!!!!
I will close this blog for now as I can only seem to get 4 photos on each blog. I will finish up with the race photos in Martinsville in the next up date. That's all for now.
Your wandering travelers,
Candy and Johnny
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