The Changing of the Seasons

This last week has been just spectacular here in Virginia. Every day has been in the mid seventies with bright, beautiful sunshine. It was wonderful enough for Ms Cocktail and I to be cruising around in the Vette with the top down and wind blowing through our hair. It’s that time of the year when the nights are crisp and the pumpkins appear at the road side stands. Days like these just beg for a trip out to Shenandoah.

One of the gateways to Shenandoah National Park lies just outside the bustling community of Front Royal, Virginia. Now when I say bustling, I mean bustling in a sleepy Virginia hamlet sort of way, not a big city, run around at breakneck speed trying not to crash into things, sort of way. Also, not far outside this energetic little town is a favorite fall destination of Ms Cocktail and I, Rappahannock Cellars.

Ms Cocktail and I stopped by late last Wednesday after an afternoon of leaf peeping to do a tasting. Just a small aside here, Ms Cocktail and I both hail from New England. There are some beautiful places here in Virginia where one can find some very vibrant colors on the mountainsides in the Fall. It is not quite the same as the explosion of color that you get in New England though. However, if you ever wanted to surprise your “significant other” with a romantic getaway, you could do a lot worse than to schedule a weekend in Skyland Resort or Big Meadows Lodge in Shenandoah National Park.

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