Abingdon, Va

My poor lonely blog…  I have been traveling like a fool and haven’t had an opportunity to keep it up-to-date.  This last weekend (Thursday-Saturday), Melissa and I traveled to Abingdon, Virginia.   We went there for a long getaway weekend. 

Abingdon is a historic town with plenty to see and do.  But the main attraction is the Barter Theater.  We went and saw two shows, the Spitfire Grill (Very Good) on Thursday, and The Scarlet Pimpernel (AWESOME) on Friday.

Melissa got us FRONT ROW seats!  Woot!!   Here is a picture of us sitting waiting for the show to start.

While there, I had Melissa do some posing.

The Martha Washington Inn is located in Abingdon.  We didn’t stay there, but we will next time.  It was pretty awesome inside as well as outside.

There is a hiking trail called the Creeper trail.  It is an old rail road trail.  One can rent bikes to ride on the trail.  It was a little chilly so Melissa and I decided to walk along the trail for a bit.

Snuck a shot of Melissa as she was enjoying the walk.

As usual, when traveling we eat well. One night we ate at The Tavern.  It was a very old and rustic place to eat.  Here is a picture of Melissa with the natural lighting.  The strong light to one side of her face is known as Rembrandt lighting.  It is signified by the triangle of light that you can see on her left cheek.  Gives it a spooky sort of feel.

The steaks we had with blue cheese and a wine reduction sauce was AWESOME!

We shall be going back to Abingdon again.  We plan on going when it is a little warmer so we can rent bikes and see more of the creeper trail.