Breakfast in New Market!
Day 104 September 21, 2014
Luray to Wytheville, Virginia
I wish Jim had warned us, but he hadn’t. And so, we found out on our own, that there’s a lot of grassy sticky stuff in the landscape around his house….grassy sticky stuff that sticks to dogs like glue. And although it didn’t take but about a nanosecond before Trixie and Dax were covered in this crap, it took us a good 20 minutes to get the shit off of them.
Trixie, with all that sticky shit on her. Not a happy camper. Wouldn’t stand still for a photo.
Once the doggies were cleaned up, we all drove to New Market to have breakfast at the Southern Kitchen.
Breakfast in New Market!
Southern Kitchen, just like the sign says
Classic breakfast joint
And then we visited the New Market Civil War Battlefield. I grew up in Virginia, so I kind of hit overload on Civil War battlefields a long time ago. But, I’d never been to this one before, and it was scenic and had an interesting story behind it. Plus, the dogs were allowed on the battlefield, so they had a nice walk too…without a bunch of sticky green grassy shit attacking them!
@ New Market Battlefield State Historical Park
View of the valley from New Market Battlefield State Historical Park
@ New Market Battlefield State Historical Park
@ New Market Battlefield State Historical Park
@ New Market Battlefield State Historical Park
Once we said goodbye to Jim, he headed back home, and we headed down to Harrisonburg, home of James Madison University. I’d graduated from JMU, and hadn’t been back there in 30 years. I knew the campus had changed a lot over the years, but it was still pretty shocking to see the growth of the campus and of the town.
H-Burg!
One of the newer buildings @ JMU
My old dorm
The Quad. Where is everyone? Back in my day, this place would be packed with kids playing frisbee, playing guitar, and blasting music from the dorm windows!
In all honesty, the “growth without soul” broke my heart a little bit. So, I went shopping to lift myself back up…shopping at the JMU bookstore for a new JMU sweatshirt.
With me rockin’ my new sweatshirt, we drove through the old part of downtown Harrisonburg. That part of town had changed as well, but not so much as to lose its character, and that was great to see.
I think this is where the old HoJo’s used to be. ??
Downtown Harrisonburg
L&S Diner!! Still going after all these years!!
When we left town and headed south on Rt 81, I wondered if I’d ever be back….maybe in another 30 years!
Goodbye, Harrisonburg…
Beautiful sunset as we head south on Rt 81
We drove until it got dark, and then spent the night at the Wytheville KOA , where we virtually had the place to ourselves.
Airstream Moho-A-Go-Go 