Fresh Air in Five Counties

This is the 170 mile trip we took today.  Dumfries -> Annandale -> Clifton -> Culpeper -> Sperryville -> Warrenton -> Dumfries.

Lots of green trees, blue sky, and rural roads. Five counties: Prince William, Fairfax, Fauqier, Culpeper, and Rappahannock.

Full Rainbow

Its been a while since I saw a full rainbow.  This one wasn't very intense, but it was full.  The building is the George Washington Masonic monument across the street from the train station in Arlington.

Recent road trip to South Carolina

This is an overview of the road trip I took with my parents recently. The straight milage shown is about 1465. But there was a bit of extra driving around that isn't shown in the major stops.

So first we went to the Norfolk area, where Dad taught a training class. We stayed the next night at Washington, NC, and then the next morning drove to New Bern, NC, (spot C) to tour Tryon Palace. After that, drove to North Charleston, SC, (spot D) where we spent a few days. Dad taught another training class, and Mom and I drove around and toured things like the Tea Plantation (spot E) on Wadmalah Island and the Drayton Plantation. Then we all left town and went to Kingstree, SC, (spot F) to do some genealogy. Which lead us to Hemingway, SC, (spot G) to visit a historical society that had some more information Mom wanted. Then high-tail it to Anderson, SC, (spot H) to spend the night. Next morning did some more genealogy type stuff and then decided to drive home a day early.

Rust

I love the texture of these rust spots on a high power pole.

Dangerous driver on board

I've seen the stickers for driver's education classes that say "New Driver - Please be Patient" but I've never seen "Dangerous Driver On Board" before.... Maybe this should be handed out with driver's licenses around here, cuz its definitely not just the new drivers that are dangerous.

Endearment Fail

Dear pickup truck with license plate "POOBR". I know you're trying to say the endearment "Pooh Bear". But trust me, this just isnt the same.

Strange Trio

After a hard rain the other day, I saw a strange sight... a trio of large black birds staring at each other spread-wing in the top of a tree. Google says they were probably drying their wings out. But it was a super creepy sight.

Upside down

I'm not sure why blogger keeps loading this one upside down, but I love the glowing sun.

Vapor trails

I love how the vapor trails all converge.

Beautiful sunset

There was a beautiful sunset the other day.

Recently seen plates:
Momtxi (mom taxi)
Psyco20
Afc fans
Orngsh (orangish)
Fnktnl (no clue)
Jazz-dad
Txmxqt (texmex cutie)

Todays license plate: GIT SOLD. I think it was a realtor, but this plate is actually saying that they sold off their child. Hmm.

Medical license plates i've seen recently: hims rn; nurse 4u; ur rn; and ffx aux (fairfax hospital auxillary)

iphone photos from today

1) me channeling mc escher at the atrium in the hospital

2) gorgeous fractally clouds that God smeared his finger in

3) clouds with a stretchmark

4) God's fingerprint ridges

More plates

Custom license plates I saw yesterday.

MGIK MKR (Do you think that's magic maker or magic marker?)

PHAT SS (Do you think that's 'fat *ss' or fat *sses?)

R3D5KN (Obviously a Redskins fan)

09PRAY

MI OASIS (It's actually kinda sad when your car is your oasis...)

NAVYWX (any ideas on this one?)

GRGRMR (I don't get this one either..any ideas?)

E-THR-OR (Very clever either or)

LXANDRA (Cute way to get the idea of Alexandra... Its very cyberpunk)

PLEADES (the star constellation)

OBIDDY (Old biddy?)

LT-N-GT (Less than and greater than?)

OWLOVER (Clever double use of a letter Owl Lover)

MNSTR CR (This Monster Car was actually a little Volvo, so not talking about the size)

TALEGT (And yes, this pickup truck was definitely tail gating the car in front).

Custom plates

Here are a few of the custom license plates I saw while driving today:

MNY PENY
AIRBAGS
NOOPY
MS PRNCS
SO CMFRT
2 ANGELS
4D-MUTTS
FOXX RUN
30-DAZE

Sunrays

Excuses, excuses

Sorry for the interruption in the travel log. I was sick in bed for more than a week with bronchitis. I'm doing better now, and as soon as I catch up on all the chores that must be done RIGHT NOW, I'll continue with our trip.

The above sky picture was taken on 2/14/09. I love the blue sky with the white AND black clouds.

Catching up

My bank has posted SEVERAL of these signs all over their entry and lobby. "For your safety and ours, please remove these items. (baseball hat, hooded sweatshirt, sunglasses)". I can't wait until they gripe at me about my prescription glasses with photogray tinting.
Mike wanted a new car, and I thought about telling him he could only have one of these electric carts, with or without doors:

I've never seen an "EnviroCab" before..wonder what its supposed to run on.

I love these "Yellow" cabs that are, in fact, orange not yellow. Whoever said orange was the new pink was totally out of their mind. (spot the quote)

This can't be good

Yeah, when the fire truck blocks both lanes of the exit ramp and forces traffic to squeeze by in the shoulder, you KNOW there's going to be a sudden stop as people zoom up on the backedup traffic.