Ferris Bueller once said, "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.". And I concur. So I left work on Wednesday, picked up my lovely wife and drove off through the countryside to Lake Anna Winery in Spotsylvania, VA, were we had a tasting, grabbed a bottle of our favorite wine and sat under the trees overlooking the vineyards with a picnic lunch. What a day.
Thomas Jefferson once said, "There is no other place, Virginia need envy". Yes, there are millions of lovely places out there. I am partial to Virginia, having been born here and lived most of my life here. Within a two hour drive, we have mountains older than the Alps or Himalayas, major cities, and beaches. We used to go for a drive often, but since 2007, gas prices and the economy have slowed that down a bit.
The drive was super nice, as we had wonderful weather, little traffic and time to relax. Sitting next to the vineyard, birds singing, real Honeybees busily hopping clover to clover, it was incredible. Virginia is now the 5th largest producer of wine in the country and growing. The wine is getting better and there are so many wineries, you won't visit them all any time soon. We passed by 2 others that we will get to next time. Get out there and enjoy nature, and enjoy each other.
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| very early in the season, by mid August, these will be red an beautiful! |
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