16 October 2011

Took Delores up to Kampersville for her final $15 constitutional, then ran through the two-page winterization checklist.  Had everything done, the big blue tarp in place, and the van stuffed to the gills by 2:30.  Parked the RV over by the shed for the winter as there is a very dead, very large oak branch that is right above where Delores’ windshield normally sits.  That branch now is most welcome to come down in a storm this winter.  Stayed overnight at Lynne & Perry’s, where they treated me to carrot ginger soup, a mushroom and arugula salad, broccoli with garlic, roasted potatoes with garlic, and a beautiful Porterhouse steak marinated in Worcestershire sauce, sherry, and garlic, with a plum and blueberry upside down cake for dessert, all of the above nicely complemented by a 2006 Chrysalis Vineyards Norton Locksley Reserve.  The steak was an extra special treat as Lynne & Perry are vegetarians.  I’ll leave it to you to decide why they served so much garlic when I’ve been in Virginia for just two days in the last three months…