A Mini Road Trip ~ Always an Adventure

The rain has finally stopped! It is clear and beautiful.  The trees are beginning to turn:

And here is the front of the house:

I haven't gotten the fall/Halloween stuff out yet, but I believe it will be today.  I had to get up early because mom had arranged for Stanley Steamer to come out today and their range of hours was 8am to 12pm.  They showed up at 8:30.  Why were they here?

Well.  Mom like to have wine in the afternoon and I guess she fell asleep, I heard a small clunk ~ she dropped the glass of wine.  Of course it was red.  Red wine on the Lacy Champion rug and white chair.  

But, it is now clean.  The guys did say NOT TO USE RESOLVE on it as a cleaner.  Okay. We are going to all white whine.  Wine.  That won't stain.

Yesterday Amy and I drove into DC to go to Politics and Prose on Connecticut Ave., NW.  I googled the directions and Amy had her iphone.  We went to see Craig Johnson, the writer of the Longmire series - which we love!!!!!  So, we set off at 5:30pm - the program started at 7pm.  We found our way in - suburbia in DC - lots of traffic and no parking.  We found Politics and Prose - it is right in the middle of a neighborhood with a couple of little restaurants next to and......no parking.  So we drove around corner, found some parking in a neighborhood and started walking (a forced march to nowhere).  Amy had the iphone so we were following Suri.  Suri led us astray, we doubled back, got turned around - looked suspicious -  Suri drained out and the phone went black - HORRORS - found the car, and because it was now 7:30pm, left. We were so turned around and had no map and no charger. This is why smart phones are not a good idea.  A good Rand McNally would have been fabulous.  Of course, in my car I have maps of Maryland, Delaware and Annapolis.  No DC.

In DC, eventually you always find a road you know.  We found East-West Highway, which I have driven on and we went East.  Doing fine.  All of a sudden, we were on Georgia Avenue going South.  We are not sure how that happened, because we made no turns.  Then, I start seeing street signs and I tell Amy we are going into DC - she does not believe that until we see Howard University.  Amy says to keep going and turn left on M street.  Which was one way and not ours.  We eventually finally saw a sign for 295 - Praise the Lord!  We get on it and are, of course, going south.  We turn around and get going the right way - have a little detour around National Harbor - loved the lights and the lit up giant Ferris wheel.  Beautiful.

Finally the Beltway and we are going to Amy's most fav place to eat ~ Chipolte.  Until Amy sees that it is now 8:30pm!  We have been in the car 3 hours.  So, I took Amy home.

Great road trip.  We decided no more trips to where there is no parking.

I do have two more road trips lined up ~ The Barns in Gambrills (which is Crofton) for a big sale in a Barn and the Christmas Bazaar in Middleburg, Virginia.  Both will occur in the DAY LIGHT and I will have real maps.

The dogs want to go for a walk.  Enjoy your day!  And, GO GIANTS!!!!

Love, Leslie