The last weekend in July Luke and I celebrated the last weekend of our "summer" with a bang! Connie, Luke's mom, planned a fabulous weekend to one of the cutest towns I have ever been too! Luke and I absolutely loved Abingdon and would go there again in a heart beat...what other small town is filled with 5 star restaurants, amazing bed and breakfast places to stay in, a scenic bike trail through VA country, a bomb-a festival/farmer's market, a talented local theater, the list could keep on going and going...?!
Lucky for us, we got to experience all of those great things on our short weekend trip..check out the pics!
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| First things first: glass of wine on the porch of our b&b |
The first night we headed to dinner and were surprised at how delicious this food was! Luke said his meal (some Hawaiian fish dish) was the best meal he has ever had. We ate like Kings...
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| I had the tuna...mouth is watering just thinking about it! |
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| For some reason there were painted foxes all over town...and since Connie has a fox friend living in her backyard, it was only appropriate for us to take a picture! |
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| Would love to wake up to this every morning...oh wait I do! My husband makes great coffee...but may be we can work on the presentation :) |
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| Starting breakfast with fresh, local fruit and a homemade scone...yes please! |
The best part of the trip was our bike ride on Saturday morning. The Va Creeper Trail stretches 34 miles from Abingdon, Virginia down thru the town of Damascus, VA along the Whitetop Laurel River and up to its highest point Whitetop Station near the NC State Line at Whitetop, Virginia. The trail used to be railroad track, but was turned into a recreational track in 1977. We did half of the trip and it was an amazing experience. The trail, for the most part, is a slight down-hill grade, so you could really ride leisurely and spend most of your time looking at the views. Some parts you see fields with cows, others the river, some with mountainous views, and even a part with multi-million dollar homes on a golf course.
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| Stopping for a break |
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| Riding on the bridges was my favorite part. The rivers were gorgeous. |
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| HAHA...hard to get a pic of the three of us! |
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| Cows along the trail |
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| I love this pic :) |
The rest of our trip was full of even more fun...more on that later. Until then, I need to quit procrastinating on my homework!
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