Sunday

Well we made it to sister Dee's beautiful place around 1 PM after leaving the cabin in cool moist Glade Valley. We got up and got ready to head out after our quiet time and a lite breakfast. We made several stops on the way to the Shenandoah Valley; the dump, to fill up with gas, the Farmers Market in Hillsville and in Lexington to do my 15 minute walk. Dee and Mike had some great chicken salad and croissant rolls ready for a quick lite lunch as we left for Washington, D.C. shortly after eating. We actually drove into D.C. as he has a fantastic GPS.

I would never had made that trip without this GPS which talks to you plus has a map right before your eyes. The traffic was unbelievable along with the street roundabouts and really was a test of your driving skills. Yikes, what a cluster that was but we found the V.A. hospital around 4 PM. I know the next time we head into D.C. it will be on the metro and then shuttle buses to the hospital. Anyhow Paw Paw looked good and his spirits were high. He is quite the story teller and he was bending the chaplains ear when we arrived. We shared stories and lots of pictures of some old faces as well as pictures of our kids and grand babies which thrilled him. We were briefed by a very knowledgeable nurse and we viewed where he will taken during the recovery process. This hospitable has every imaginable new aid to assist major operation patients. We were all throughly impressed. I'm so glad the facilities are so modern and up to date for Veterans who need this special care.

We stayed until about 7:30 then headed back towards Woodstock. We took a couple wrong turns even with the aid of the GPS but it reloads and took us in the right direction but somehow we drove through Georgetown proper. I have never seen so many young college age people walking the streets. We saw the Washington Monument as well as the Lincoln Memorial from a distance. This is one big city and the roads are just like a maze with roundabouts, one way streets and a system of traffic signals that make it difficult to know who going where. Anyhow we stopped off in Front Royal and had supper about 9 PM at Cracker Barrel. Yumm what a good meal.

We got home around 10 PM so we took Bonnie(dog) for a walk then hit the showers and finally some horizontal lab(sleep). Wow what a day. LATER