and god bless us, every one
This weekend Mary and I ventured north east to a little town called Danville to stay a night at the White Oak Inn, a bed & breakfast nestled in the countryside. Twas fun. We had a room in guest house, a roaring fireplace which i'll get to in a minute and all the basic comforts. Basic, cause yer in the country and away, you don't need a TV. We were in the Dogwood room, which was formerly the chicken coop. Heh.
Mary and her friend Beth have been planning this trip for awhile now and well I came into the picture so Mary asked me to go. I love road trips really so yes, LETS!
The drive up was nice, staright up 62 and a little bend around 36 in the town of millwood. Some nice rolly hills up there as well, I love the rollercoaster roads where I feel like the mini will fly off the top of the crest of a hill. Can't drive too crazy cause yer in amishville and horse and buggies are scattered about but still a nice drive.
The White Oak Inn had nearly a full house, aside from our double date action of me and Mary, and Beth and James, there were about 10 other couples present.
We had tea.. yes.. TEA! And it was nice. Then we all sat around the living room for the main event. A one man show version of Charles Dickens Christmas Carol. I didn't know really what to expect. I was just told, after tea, 2hr show, and then dinner. I hadn't eaten lunch that day so I was a weeee bit hungry. I kept visualizing black angus steak in my mind. But the actor, a man in his thirtes who had been doing the 1 man show at the White Oak Inn now for 10 years strolled into the room and lit it a blaze as he dived in and told us the story.
He played all the characters, and read the story perfectly to a T. In fact afterwards I found the story on the bookshelf and looked it over. I thought maybe in a performance, you'd skip a bit, but he didn't as I read over the first few chapaters. He was very lively and did all the motions around the room as he went from character to character, the ghosts, scrooge, the narrator etc. An excellent voice as well. A really great show. Next year he's going to do Sleepy Hollow, which I think would be awesome considering this guys character is so animated.
Afterwards we had a lite dinner indeed. Still no steak for me. Ahhh well. The soup and bread was good. We returned to the room and Beth and James came over and we broke out the wine! - And the fire! Ya know I really like the idea of a fireplace in the bedroom. Thats a good idea. A roaring fire all night long just a few feet from the end of th bed is a great thing! After much wine we called it a night. In the morning we awoke to beautiful snowfall! A perfect weekend in the country. Nicely done.
On the way back was fun, the roads had about 2inches of snow on them and no one plows, not that I expected it really being so far out there and all. The mini had fun zippin around. Mary looked thru the Select Registery they gave us when we checked out. She's already thinking of new places to visit. I think sometime in Jan or Feb we're gonna hit another Bed & Breakfast. They make for a nice relaxing weekend.