This last October we had dear, lifelong friends come back to visit us. We decided to take our friends on one of our Paradis Journey's. By definition, Paradis Journey's are trips or little jaunts we take that are from a day to usually 4 days or so. We go no less than 300 miles and then of course much more than that. It was harder when the gas prices were expensive, but we did manage to drive to Richmond a couple of times to eat at a restuarant we love and drive around in Richmond. Hubby and I love to explore places we haven't been and find new places to eat that are "keepers" for us. A restuarant where we definitely would go again.
We had never been to Philadelphia to see the Liberty Bell so we added that to our list of things to see and do. We marveled at the buildings where the constitution was signed. We saw the house of Betsy Ross and the oldest alley in the United States. That trip enriched our heritage of being a citizen of the United States and also made history come alive.
Also, on that trip we stopped in Harrisburg, PA and took a tour of the capital building. Absolutely stunning. Well worth the stop there. We also drove out to Lancaster County, which is some of the most beautiful countryside we've ever seen. The farms, the rolling hills, the silos. It is all rich with fertile ground, gentle landscape and of course our little eateries we love. The wooden bridges are rustic and primitive. The Amish country is amazing. The fields of corn and other agriculture are lush and green.
The following weekend we took our friends then to Virginia up on the Blue Ridge Parkway. One of our stops was at Nancy's Candies in Meadows of Dan, Virginia. There is a variety of fudge, truffles, hard candy taffy, and about any kind of candy you want. Most of it is made on sight. It even has sugar free chocolates for diabetics. Awesome store.
We followed the parkway for awhile past a couple of Stone Churches that Bob Childress pastored years ago. In fact, legend has it that he changed the mountain. There is a book written on it and I highly recommend it. It is called "The Man Who Moved A Mountain". As of this writing, I forget the author but if you contact me I'll get it for you. Excellent book.
The pictures posted on the sides of this blog are all from this Journey's I've mentioned in the above paragraphs. Thanks for coming along in reading about our little experiences and hopefully we will have another one coming up soon.
A blog of the different journey's taken by either my husband, myself or both of us together. It can be a road trip, a weekend getaway, a trip to the west coast or a heart trip. :) We explore restuarants, little corners of the earth that not many people have gone to. Anything out of the way and unusual is what we like. It might be an "unusual" something in a "usual" place.
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