Home again, home again, jiggity jig

We are home again!! And what a winter wonderland we arrived to find. It was really cool watching the snow "grow" as we crossed the state. We started out with a dusting in Va Beach and ended up with almost a foot in Pilot. I've never driven across the whole state and been in snow the whole time. Driving conditions were great the whole way (thanks VDOT!) until the last 5 miles or so. Our road hadn't been plowed at all, but a few adventerous souls had packed down some tire tracks. Then we reached our 1/4 mile (?) long driveway. Joe was determined to "charge it", but we found it covered with two foot drifts and chickened out. We ended up parking at the gate, dumping out a very happy beagle and a not so happy cat, and carrying a few essentials back to the shanty. It was so beautiful!!

We set to making a fire right away. The shanty was in great shape, just a little dusty. An hour later, Joe went back to the car to fetch another armload of essentials (we'd forgotten out toothbrushes!) and found Foxy under the car looking miserable. Wilson was having a gay old time reconnecting with the place. The next morning we hiked back to the car to get some more stuff, and Joe was met with a renewed surge of bravery. Much to my surprise, and delight, our little Subaru DID charge right through those 2 foot drifts.

We took our time getting unpacked and have managed to find a place for everything. Of course, we also both did a pretty serious purging of stuff. My car is full of items for the thrift store. Like Joe said, it's almost worth going to the thrift store and buying stuff just so you can get the wonderful feeling of getting rid of it again later! :) We interspersed our unpacking day with bouts of playing in the snow. We have a great sledding hill. :) Here's a few pics.




Of course, being home means no immediate internet access, so I won't get to post as often. We'll just have to focus on quality, not quantity. :)