Bev says I should update my blog

The trip has been great so far! Day one was travel and we got the required 570 miles in. Day two was Lookout Mountain, a visit with some friends in Cleveland, TN then travel on to Asheford, NC. Day three was Biltmore house and gardens and it would take a long post to cover that incredible place. Day four took us to Virginia Beach and two nights there - the first day being the Sunday of Labor Day weekend and wall-to-wall people. Monday was much better! Day five was travel and a half day on the Mall in DC. That gets us to today when I talked to Bev and she asked if we'd done everything we planned and I asked myself why not? Thne I found out. We were delayed this morning by an accident on the Baltimre/Washington Parkway. Then, when we did get to Baltimore, we decided to take a short cruise on the bay so that was a little more delay. But we'd planned on lunch at Jessops Tavern in the historic district in New Castle, DE so we delyed eating until we got there. It was a wonderful old place with great food and a good local beer and some really nice music. It made us feel our tiredness and we decided that we might postpone Longwood Gardens until tomorrow. So we walked around a bit and were admiring an old house when a guy older than me asked us where we were from. That ended up in an invitation! He owned the old house and asked us if we'd like to see his garden and house. Too much to go in detail but his garden was a wonderful space. The house is a three story, 189 year old structure, filled with amazing antique furniture. Calvin Elliot Marshall lives there by himself. He was a WWII pilot - bombers, has a fascinating family history and antique family art to go with it. He took us on a tour of the whole place and shared lots of things with us. The basement used to be a tavern and still had some bottle from the 20's - that were still partly filled. That was a fascinating experience. And now were in the best hotel, by far, of the trip and are about to enjoy some time here before heading to Wilkes-Barre tomorrow!!