Getting Through Virginia

Smith Mountain Lake, VA was the first stop/visit with Pattie and Mike Hagan (old Fairfax HS classmate).  Previous night was spent at a motel in Lynchburg after driving down route 29/211 -- completely new road from what I had last remembered from one of my daughter's lacrosse or field hockey competitions in the area south of Lynchburg some years ago.

After driving to Bedford, VA (the exit toward Mike's house), I hung around the Walmart there and had an oil change performed on the Jeep while I picked up more supplies for that first campsite.  Mike's tennis team was competing in a District tournament that day so I had to delay arrival until the evening when matches were done (under his coaching his team - Franklin Co. HS won the district for the 4th year in a row).  Stayed in the comfort of Mike's and Pattie's house for 3 nights and enjoyed drinking wine late into the evenings, catching up on old high school memories and finding out what was going on with them and others in our class.  Their golden retriever (Kara) was constantly near and always read to play.  Cloudy and raining most of the time so, we drove around the lake to see all the privately owned places and communities.  No fishing during this visit but, Mike promised to get his electric trolling motor fixed for the next visit (he thought the FEDEX guy may have damaged it during one of his deliveries).

Mike and Pattie near their home