September 23, 2012

In the afternoon, we traveled to Luray to get on Skyline Drive, heading south to Big Meadows. That's where we spent the first night of our honeymoon, 45 years ago.  After a 20-mile drive, we arrived at the Lodge. Everything looked different. I wish I had brought the receipt from 1967 with me! It had the room number on it but I couldn't remember what it was.

We had a delicious meal at the Lodge. I ordered the turkey dinner and Jimmy got the Delmonico steak. It was served hot and delicious! We had told our server, Rita, that this was our 45th anniversary and that we had stayed our first night there. She congratulated us and thought that was wonderful.

When it came time for dessert, we ordered one Blackberry Ice Cream Pie to share. When she brought it to the table, she called out : "We have two love-birds here! It's their 45th anniversary and they spent their honeymoon here!" Everyone in the dining room clapped and shouted "Happy Anniversary" to us. She told us the dessert was on the house. Nice!

On our way home, we stopped several times to see the sun setting over the mountains. The sky was streaked with golds, reds, lavenders and pinks. It was a nice ending to a nice day.