September 22, 2008
20 Years
Mary Ellen and I took a little time away to celebrate our 20th anniversary. We farmed the kids out to friends and relatives then took off early on Friday to a bed and breakfast in Washington, VA.
Friday evening we had dinner at The Inn at Little Washington. We'd been to the Inn about 15 years ago, as a sort of last treat to ourselves Before Children (Katie arrived six weeks later). Since then, it's been our private standard for food and service. Our dinner on Friday confirmed that first impression -- we had a fantastic meal and a really fun evening. For all the fancy decor and high staff-to-guest ratio (and the high price) it isn't stuffy -- or even centered on the food, which really was delicious. Somehow, they make you feel like the evening would not be complete if you hadn't shown up and enjoyed yourself.
On Saturday we hiked Old Rag, which I'd been trying to convince Katie and Mary Ellen, and especially Sean, who would love the rock scramble, to do for years. It's a great hike -- the rocky parts are challenging, there are great views in all directions from the summit, and the way down is long enough that you feel like you worked a bit by the end.
Later, describing the hike to Sean, I mentioned that the rock scramble was about ten times more difficult than our local favorite, the Billy Goat Trail, and that he might not be able to handle it. He was incredulous: "What the heck? if Mom can do it, you know I can."
News posted by Kelly at September 22, 2008 09:01 AM