This gallery contains 20 photos.
We took a weekend trip to Roanoke to visit the Virginia Museum of Transportation. The museum has a large O-scale train model, a few older automobiles, and a pretty large collection of railroad engines and rolling stock.
We’ve had a lot of rain in the last few weeks, so we thought it might be neat to see the Little Stony Creek and the Cascades. We figured there might be some more water than usual. Uh, yeah. In … Continue reading
This last week I bought a new computer. Actually, I bought all the parts for a new computer and built it myself. After several months of research, I concluded that I could buy all the parts for a new machine … Continue reading
Andrew was able to take off of work on Christmas Eve, so we headed down to Greenville Tuesday evening (Dec. 23). We spent Christmas Eve morning completing our Christmas shopping at some stores we don’t have in our area. We … Continue reading
We periodically get pretty windy days with strong gusts. Friday was such a day. Sustained wind was around 70 mph with gusts recorded up to 150 mph. It appears the wind knocked down an oak tree at a nearby house. … Continue reading
Andrew and I were able to go to Greenville for Thanksgiving. We were busy most of the time. Here’s a recap of our trip. Tuesday: We headed south when Andrew was finished with work at 4pm Wednesday: Andrew went to … Continue reading
We seem to be at least a week late in posting about our lives. We went to Richmond to visit my aunt and uncle for the last weekend in October. My cousin Jessica is living with them, and we’ve been … Continue reading
Last Monday, Oct. 27, Mel and I went to a GOP rally in Salem, VA where Governor Sarah Palin was scheduled to speak as part of her one-day barnstorming of Virginia. It was cold, the lines were long, and we … Continue reading
My family came to visit during the second week of October. That weekend was also the annual Highlander Festival at Radford University. There are annual “highlander games,” which seem to center around throwing heavy, unwieldy objects as far as possible. … Continue reading
This past weekend Andrew and I took a day trip down to Hillsville and Poplar Camp, VA. I really wanted some apples (for a decent price) and a cooking pumpkin. Hillsville has a large, great farmers market, so we stopped … Continue reading
