Bob and I welcomed our family home from Mexico Monday night before heading off for West Virginia for a short break before our next house sit. We will miss our menagerie of pets, some of whom are captured below.
The very blue-eyed Velvet blending in with the carpetAnderson drinking from the faucetLeona chillinRafa and Derek at play
The following are some photos of other places we visited during our stay. One of the most unique may have been the Waltons Museum in Schuyler, VA, home of Earl Hamner, Jr., creator of the television series. The series was based on the Hamner family. You can pay to tour the museum ($8) and separately to tour his family home (which appears to be for sale). We just visited the museum.
The museum is housed in the school which Earl Hamner attended. The building also serves as the area community center.A photo of the castThe recreation of John-Boy’s bedroom from the showThis bulletin board showed which Hamner sibling each actor portrayed. The black ribbons indicate that individual is deceased.The Hamner homeOther sites in the area that we visited included some of the many, many wineries, distilleries, and breweries in the area . We never did get to any of the hard cideries.
The tasting room of the Virginia DistilleryThe distillery makes whiskey in partnership with a distillery in ScotlandThe back patio of the distillery
The Wild Wolf “Brewery” which is actually a restaurant, bar, gift shop, play yard, and event center. We just walked around and gawked here.A putt putt course and the event center at the breweryThe lovely and yummy Veritas Vineyards and WineryThe inside of the tasting room — the love sign is made from corkA view of the yard and vines
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