Spring, It Ain't...

10/04/2009

Spring is my favorite season of the year.  Spring brings new life, renewal, a chance to begin again.  Spring is fresh and clean.  I am most definitely a spring guy.

October brings on falling leaves.  It is the harbinger of things to come - cold, snow, a grayness from dawn to dusk, short days and long nights.  I ain’t no fall guy, so to speak.

Yesterday The Nancy and I were making our way out to see #3 daughter who lives about 150 miles west of us.  Jackie is a nurse and works twelve-hour shifts.  We knew when we started Jackie would not get home until around 7pm.  We took the long, slow road.

Route 50 from Winchester, Virginia is mostly just two lanes, one east and the other west (as luck would have it).  Route 50 is a very old highway, actually one of the first westward trails to be designated with a number.  The road twists and winds its way through some spectacular countryside with some incredible views, both high and low.

We began the trip about 11am.  The weather was picture perfect with lots of sun and a sky filled with puffy, white clouds.  The Nancy drove the first leg which included a stop, you will be surprised, at the Mountain State Brewing Company, a slight detour of about twenty-five miles off Route 50 in McHenry, Maryland.  After a couple of brews and some really good pizza, I took over the driving responsibility and we headed back to Route 50 and resumed our westward trek of another eighty miles.

Not being a fall guy, I have to admit it is a gorgeous time of the year.  Though it has been very dry the past two months, there were a lot of brilliant fall colors to be seen on the mountains and in the valleys.

It was a great time to be out there.  It was the best day ever, but as I looked at the beauty of this October day and took it all in I realized it is only 168 days to spring 2010.

And that is all I have to say about that…