And We're Off!!

Well, after greats visits with family and friends and a fantastic St. Patty's Day going away party, the time has finally come! We are packed up (barely fit, but we managed without leaving too much stuff at my parents') and off we go!

Our first stop is going to be... Drumroll please... Charlottesville, Virginia! Yes, we are starting an 1800 mile journey by going an hour and a half down the road. But it's back to one of our favorite places and where it all started, so we felt it only made sense.

To get this trip off to a good start, here's a peek of what is playing in our car... "Old Dominion," our favorite song by one of our favorite groups, Eddie from Ohio. Sums up how we feel about Virginia!!

"Old Dominion"
you think you'll find some mountains in western colorado
fifty weeks of snowy peaks is where you're gonna be
but babe the rocky mountains are gradually eroding
the hills of coors are nothing more than blue ridge wannabes

 a turkey on it's belly a chicken on it's back
anyway you look at it you'll find her on the map
she revels in the seasons
shakes hands with the north
hugs the land of dixie while dancing on the porch

 you think that autumns in new england are the greatest of them all
but give me sweet virginia for the fireworks of fall
the prettiest october in all the fifty states
just drive up to the skyline park the car and wait

 so grow up colorado
excuse me tennessee
 if you don't mind, north caroline
here's where i want to be

 (chorus) when you're talking home you mean the old dominion
just southeast of heaven to the surf and the hills
she's the best of thirteen sisters and thirty seven more
sweet sweet virginia always keeps an open door

 they're fiddlin' in galax
pickin' up in floyd
and in the land of patsy cline
they're songs you can't avoid
when you're walking back after midnight
i'll fall to pieces, too
i'm crazy back in baby's arms with sweet dreams of you

they're sailing down in norfolk
skiing up in bryce
climbing up the devil's stairs against the ranger's advice
they're harvesting in loudoun to shenandoah winds
and in the land near washington they're rooting for the 'skins
fight for old d.c.

so grow up colorado
excuse me tennesse if you don't mind,
north caroline here's where i want to be

(chorus)

pack up your impala [meaning honda civic, of course!!]
and make your move out west
past the blue ridge mountains
 you'll find you passed the best
and when your dreams have ended
where mountains are concerned
me and sweet virginia will wait for your return

See you soon!