The microbrewery festival was fantastic - by volunteering we were granted free entry, and spent the afternoon pouring teeny beers for festival goers at the Mad Fox brewery tent. They basically slapped some 'Brew Crew' t-shirts on us and set us in front of the taps. It took me a good hour to stop pouring heady glasses and to know enough about the brewery and the four drafts to not sound like a complete idiot, but after that it was fun - who doesn't like interacting with virginian beer-lovers of varying levels of intoxication?
The three of us spent the night camping out at Bull Run...in a 2 person tent...in the pourin
g rain. Despite the dampness and cramped quarters, it was refreshing to be outside the beltway and in nature. Camping during the last weekend of September would an inconceivable activity in upstate NY. I should note - however - that fellow "campers" were mainly comprised of behemouth RVs complete with satellite dishes for their TVs. Made you beg the question - this is camping?
Staying the night, though, afforded us the
opportunity to check out the National Battlefield Park at Manassas - probably the one and only civil war (aka War of
Northern Aggression) site I've ever visited. The park there is grand and sprawling, and the mixture of morning clouds and sun made for a very serene, pastoral sort of view. We visited the Henry Hill house, where 85-year-old Mrs. Hill was on bedrest when the first battle began, literally in her backyard. Refusing to leave, she was ultimately killed by shrapnel during the battle.
I apologize for this diary-esque digression, but it was a neat weekend that made me really itchy to see the many millions of places and things I have yet to see. Anyone up for a cross-country trip? :-)
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