Western Virginia Travels Part 2

Heyo! I've returned from the booming metropolis of Blacksburg! Yesterday was a long day. Woke up early to get a couple miles in on the treadmill (the Blacksburg hills scared me too much!) in the tiny hotel gym. If you're ever in need of a hotel in Blacksburg, I'd recommend the Courtyard Marriott on the I-81/460 end of town. It was very clean, the staff was friendly and gave us a great deal. Also the fruit at breakfast was sooooo good. This was the scene outside my window when I got done in the gym:




















I spent part of the morning downtown near campus making some copies and leave-behinds, where I spotted this cutie sign.
















While waiting to make our presentation, we saw the Oscar Mayer truck which is always funny. I think my coworkers thought it was strange that I took a picture, but I had never seen it in person before!



We made our presentation to the Town and on the way out of town, I totally stopped at Our Daily Bread again to get the tuna sandwich that my coworker raved about. It came on cheddar/jalapeno bread and I got a vegan lemon-lime sugar cookie to have with it. It was every bit as good as I was promised. The tuna salad had very little mayo (yay!) and even had a couple of capers hidden in there.

I also picked up a loaf of seven grain for Scott and a loaf of spelt/sourdough sundried tomato bread for myself.



On the way home, I decided to break up the trip with a quick stop at Rockbridge Vineyard in scenic Raphine, Virginia. The vineyard is about a mile off I-81 just south of Staunton. The staff was very knowledgeable and the scenery was lovely. I'd like to go back and make use of the porch swings they had on the property.

I only sampled a couple because I still had to drive pretty far and it was also nearly closing time for the vineyard. But I did buy a bottle each of the Blanc de Noir and the Pinot Noir.










And that concluded my trip! I got home in time to clean up a bit and hang with Scott, eat some Chipotle veggie tacos, watch bad tv and go to sleep!