Staunton VA 2012 (40th anniversary!)
In the spring of 2012,
Carol and Ron spent a pleasant weekend celebrating their 40th wedding
anniversary.
Staunton, VA. Carol
found some flowers in the room.
Staunton, VA – The dining room in the Choral Gardens
B&B used for breakfast. A very charming place.
Staunton, VA – The view from the back of the B&B
toward downtown. (There were 3 or 4 churches in the reverse direction also!)
Staunton, VA. Downtown from what
looks like the 1940s and today. Only the cars have changed.
Staunton VA – A downtown shop that specialized in
rubber duckies. Some really odd. Bizarre.
Blasphemous, even.
Staunton VA – Train Station. This Amtrak station is
located in the former signal house built for the C&O
Railroad in about 1886. It is on the Cardinal Line (NYC to Chicago via
Washington DC).
Staunton, VA – The Frontier Culture Museum, a 17th
c. German home and barns. Wonderful exhibits of antique homes/shops transported
from Europe and reassembled here. Interpreters tell you how they lived and
their reasons to move to America. Then period homes and buildings to show how
they lived once they settled here. It takes at least a half a day. http://www.frontiermuseum.org/
Verona, VA (a few miles north of
Staunton) – Factory Antique Mall. They say it is the
largest antique mall on the east coast. It is HUGE! Ron and Carol spent 4 hours
and covered about a third of it. Great place to shop for gifts.
Verona, VA. Carol at supper, wearing a menu like a
glove.
Staunton, VA – The Blackfriars
Playhouse. A wonderful re-creation of the first indoor
theatre in the English-speaking world. Ron and Carol saw a very funny
version of "Much Ado about Nothing."
(The Globe has an open roof. See
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1006903272760&l=c6dd786290
.)