It has been a long time since our last trip to Sarasota to see Susy. This trip was different than our usual relaxing visit. We did that too, but we had a mission. Susy is sending family furniture and other items northward for family members and we drove it back in a rented van.
Paul had a golf trip booked for North and South Carolina with a large number of friends, and had expected to rent a car from there to meet me in Sarasota. But Hurricane Matthew spoiled the trip. Paul forfeited the plane ticket to the Myrtle Beach area and grabbed the last ticket on my flight to Sarasota, leaving a few days later. We had a few days to enjoy swimming in the pool, long walks int he nice weather and our ubiquitous mini-golf game at Smugglers Cove Golf with Gaters. Paul got three holes-in-one but Susy and I think it wasn't fair because he played a few rounds of real golf earlier in the week for practice. :-)
It took a while to get the items packed securely in the van for the long trip. Some things were fragile.
On the drive back north, we stayed at the 1842 Inn in Macon Georgia. This is an old plantation owner's city house and very beautiful.
This was our room.
Paul enjoying appetizers and a drink on the front veranda.
We enjoyed breakfast in the parlor.
Our travel route was more inland that we would normally want to take, because Route 95 was washed out in some places due to the hurricane. Here we are at a scenic viewpoint in Virginia which was up a steep hill. We're glad we climbed because the view was beautiful. But these trees must have been planted by a landscaper. The brightly colored ones are sugar maples and were not seen in the rest of the scene. We did see an amazing amount of fall color on the drive, though, especially in the Poconos.
Our second day's drive was not fun. I'll just say it took 14 hours and the only places to eat were fast food. We ate at Wendy's twice that day. But we had to make it to northern Virginia. We had a brunch date the next morning in Frederick, Maryland with Ben and his new fiance, Gillian Slovick. They asked if they could be married in our back field next spring. How wonderful and exciting.
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