The Weekend

So, I had a fabulous weekend. On Friday The Sweet One, otherwise known as Mr. Funky, told me that he had planned a fun day for us on Saturday. He didn't tell me where we were going. He just told me to dress warm and wear comfortable shoes...

I truly have the best husband ever! He went on line, he did research, and he planned everything to the tee! We got up at about 8am and dressed "warmly and comfortably" and headed out. Mr. Funky packed the car and the cooler up and we hit the road. After about an hour and a half we arrived at our destination. He took me to the Shenandoah area of Virginia, also known as Skyline Drive. We stopped at the visitor center and got a more detailed map, had some mimosas and Entenmann's Raspberry Danish (YUM) that hubby packed for us. Then, we made our way to the different overlooks that hubby had mapped out to be the best ones. We checked out the beautiful colors of the changing leaves and the amazing scenery. THIS, my friends, is something I am pleased to say our tax dollars go towards. Visit any national park and you will feel good about paying taxes...

A couple of hours later Hubby got out the gourmet cheeses and sausages and crackers that he prepared and packed up for us. We had a little snack then headed on a 4.5 mile hike to some water falls. The hike down to the falls was surprisingly difficult. It's kind of amazing how hard it is to walk down hill on rocks and leaves but it was. It was kind of cold but we definitely kept warm with our many layers. We got to the falls after about an hour and it was beautiful. We relaxed on the rocks for a while then decided to head back up the trail. As difficult as we thought hiking down hill was, the way up was a million times harder. My calves will attest to it today! It was steeper than we remembered and we really booked up the hill. We were sweating and out of breath by the time we got back to the car. It was an exhilarating hike and a wonderful day.

Once we left the hiking trails we headed into one of the small towns and had a great meal at a local Pub/restaurant. It was a wonderful day and I am so grateful to have such a spontaneous, fun hubby!

Here are some pic's of our day:

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On Sunday I went to the Washington Redskins vs Dallas Cowboys game. I know that many of you are not into the whole football thing but as you may remember I AM! I am a huge Redskins fan and I try not to talk about it on this blog because I know it bores the hell out of most people. All I want to say is that yesterday's win feels really good. I won't talk smack and I won't rub it in. I just hope the Cowboys and T.O. had a really fun ride home...he he he...OH and I have to share this. Someone in the parking lot was selling a shirt that said "The Cowboys Suck and T.O. Swallows...PILLS". If you know anything about this sport, this rivalry and the T.O. situation you can appreciate the humor in this. If not, then sorry for boring you again.

Okay, that's all for me. I hope you all had as good of a weekend as I did!