Barbara was feeling much better this morning, so we went into Mount Airy. The locals call it Mayberry, just about as much as they call it Mount Airy. We found our way to Main Street, and the first place we went to was Floyd's City Barber Shop. (His name isn’t Floyd, it’s Russell. He changed the name of his shop in the 80’s from City Barber Shop—a nod to Mayberry, no doubt.) I got my hair cut there. Actually, it wasn’t so much cu...

Well, we're still here. Barbara wasn’t up to leaving early this morning, so we’re here another day. We’ll see tomorrow. I went grocery shopping today. Uhhhmmm. That’s it.

Barbara is officially sick. I think she has what I had two weeks ago. I guess I didn't get mine from her. Oops. She woke up this morning around four o'clock, coughing. I was up around 4:30, and we’ve been sitting, staring at each other ever since (it’s now 7:30 pm). We’ll try to go into Mount Airy tomorrow morning, then move on to Asheville, depending on how she feels.

Fri Jun 12, 2015STATS Departure: 12:00 PM, Charlottesville, VAArrival: 6:15 PM, Fancy Gap, VAMiles: 196.6 miles Travel Time: 6 hrs. 15 min.We had thought to leave around 9:00 am and get to the KOA near Mount Airy around 1:00, but we had a chance to meet up with a friend of Barbara's from Stanford, who now works at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville. We met at Starbuck’s, then went back to the RV, packed up, and left for points west around no...

 We did, indeed, make it into Monticello today. Thomas Jefferson designed the house and built it on the very top of a hill, taking advantage of the magnificent 360-degree view.  We had lunch in their café, went through the museum, and browsed the gift shop. After leaving Monticello, we headed for the University of Virginia to see it. We found a town, a lot of brick buildings, and what we thought was the Administration building turned out to be a hospital. We g...