Day 5, Long drive to Virginia

I have no concept of the time it takes to get places on the East Coast. I grew up in California where it takes 7 hours to drive anywhere cool in the state. So I was impressed that it only took that long to get from NYC to Charlottesville, VA, even though it was a long day of driving. It was hard to say goodbye to the city, but a little Whole Foods in Baltimore fixed the bummer mood.

Virginia is exactly as it should be: the beautiful gateway to the South. All the flower bushes were in bloom and the forests were exploding with green. So lush. With a nap in the worst hotel in America, we were ready for the Albemarle County Fair, nestled at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Yes, there was a lot of 4-H fair, but the people were so kind and generous and the views as the lightning blue through were beyond description. I can't wait to go back to Shenandoah with J.

I was a bit peeved about having no clean clothes and about not being able to try a funnel cake (no more junk food!) but it was a good jaunt down to VA before having to drive right back up to Jersey.

Day 5, Long drive to Virginia