Roadtrip!!! =D

Last weekend we (Sarah and Rachel) went on a road-trip with Dad to collect Daniel from Patrick Henry College where he was waiting to be picked up after working at iGovern West camp. :)

Who can say "ROAD TRIP!!!" ;)

Sarah's pretzel masterpiece--perfect for a split second before Dad hit the brakes and scattered it hither, thither, and yon. :)

Aha. Here we are and here we go. 206 miles of riding in a swanky Jetta that didn't belong to us....long story, that. ;)

Sarah and I at the start of the trip.

Me displaying the charms of the new Not-Ours car. :)

The first rule of road-trips is this: Never, Ever, Ever go more than twenty miles before stopping for a frappuccino. Important. Vitally important. You will simply shrivel up and die and run out of gas if you do not stop.

It also helps one to have an apple-pie to keep you company, as Sarah displays. See her happy face? And though I despise McDonald's usually, I have to admit their fraps are great, and their pies are baked...not fried...I digress.

A river--we are now wondering what river and why the river picture...Let me guess...it isn't the James...it isn't the Elizabeth River....it isn't the Nansemond...maybe it's....I don't know. But I was *so* excited because we crossed Bull Run!!!! You know, the Battle of Bull Run? I don't remember what happened there, but I do remember that something of great importance to American history happened, so crossing it was prestigious...sort of.

Trying desperately to make a bubble out of chewing gum. It popped right as I took the picture. Thus my surprised expression.

We mildly tortured ourselves by listening to country music because it was the only clear station...anyone for "Old Red" or "Made in America"? No? How about the "My Bad, Come Back" song? Oh..I see. I have to admit, after 1/2 hour of listening, I fully agree with the joke:

What do you get when you play a country song backwards? You get your wife back, your truck back, your gun back, your dog back.... :) (And that probably won't make sense to anyone who hasn't survived country music.)

The ultimate road-trip snack: Pretzel sticks with a Coke Slurpee. Or any kind of Slurpee, for that matter. You must try it. Sounds weird, tastes beautiful. :)

Scenery...I believe this was our first glimpse of the Blue Ridge Mountains through the rain.

Oh happy day! A Roy Rogers car!!!! Ain't it great, Agnes? I fell in love with this car and Sarah strained her back to capture a picture of it for me. ;)

A rather fuzzy, terrible picture of us all in the car...Sarah set the camera on the dashboard and it flashed and here we are!

More lovely scenery. Anyone for a three-mile walk to Netherfield?

Of course, after arriving in Purcellville, we had to stop for lunch. 900 degree pizza. Amazing. :) and yes, Sarah got a bad picture of me. It happens often enough. :P

I believe I am about to do something evil to the pizza. Dad is Gollum trying to bite off my ring...or maybe it was just another Strange Picture. ;)

Pepsi-cola company + Blue cup + pretty ice = refreshing. :)

And we have arrived at Patrick Henry College--home of brilliancy and nobility--a small group of buildings with huge impact. I feel rather motherly toward it. ;)

Our Gentleman is finally where he ought to be! ;) In this picture he was revealing all the funny and interesting stories of a week in the Rockies! :)

Aww! I love this one! :)

Don't know if you can see it well, but this was one unique house! The shutters were red with white polka-dots all over them! :D

And we couldn't pass this wonderful clock by without snapping a photo!

Beautifully green scenery....but something's wrong here...

"Oh. Um. We're supposed to be taking Route 15..."
"We are!"
"--We're supposed to be going south...."
"Oh..........:P"
Yep! It was fun. We got lost, and almost made it to Frederick, Maryland. :D

Here are our "Lost" faces. ;)

Yes, that is red nail-polish...."New Love" to be exact. No, it didn't stay on long. Just to match Rachel's outfit for the day. :P

Our friend, Grace, had also been in CO, so she was along for the adventure as well. :)

We were all really psyched to find ourselves on this route! ;)
(anyone wanna watch Cars? ;)

Time to stop for dinner! :)

Finally! One with all of us together! :)
Cutie. :)

Being hungry and looking at this picture at the same time is not fair. :P Five Guys makes the most delicious hamburgers ever. *AH!* :)

So that was the glamorous, wonderful, tiring, exciting road-trip! There was sunshine, heavy, heavy rain, the discovery of a secret weapon under a seat of the swanky car, laughs, meetings-of-new-people, stories told, and pictures taken. Gotta love family! :)

~Rachel and Sarah