Unstuck! Washington DC to Nellysford, VA, January 25

   Today dawned sunny and cold and beautiful. The street did not get plowed. The good news: we did not get plowed in. The bad news: the street was not plowed! We took a good look at the intersections we would have to go through and decided to pack the car and chance that we would make it. There was a lot of drama in the streets with cars being stuck. A big truck got stuck in the intersection we needed to go through. He stayed there expecting others to back up and people got stubborn. At one point, from three roads, there were 5 cars all having a kind of stand-off. But, eventually, reason prevailed and some backed up and the truck was able to move. That took over half an hour.
   Mark was able to turn the Prius around in the space we had cleared. We got in the car and we took off down over 2 blocks of totally unplowed streets. (But, cars had been through and had made tracks.) We were lucky that we did not have to stop at the intersections and we just kept going. We were afraid we'd get stuck at a stop light getting onto Virginia Avenue, but...we didn't. Whew.

The Washington Monument

The Jefferson Memorial

The Icy Potomac

Once we got there, it was clear sailing and beautiful with few cars on the roads.
    We did get in a half hour traffic jam on 95 S because of big trucks removing snow from the lanes.
We then went off 95, via Virginia State Route 3 and 29. We passed by Charlottesville and took secondary roads to Nellysford, Virginia. A small village.
     We are at the Mark Addy Inn and we are the ONLY guests. There is no central heating, but various stoves going around the big, rather ramshackle, but charming house. We have a heater in our room. The views of the mountains are gorgeous. We drove into Nellysford (about a mile and a half) and ate a late lunch at the Wild Wolf Brewery and Restaurant which is a "farm to fork" restaurant. Everything was from a 30 mile radius - organic meats, homemade everything. Mark had a fabulous Reuben sandwich and I had fish tacos. We bought some beer to give as presents. 
    We are now back at the Inn reading and emailing. (No tv except in the parlor)

View from the Mark Addy Inn, Nellysford, Virginia

Barbara in front of the Mark Addy taking Mark's photo

Mark in front of the Mark Addy Inn

Close up of Mark at the Inn