Thursday, May 16. 2024
This is the fourth year we have held this Airstream Rally in Abingdon. The concept of Silver in The Streets is one mutually beneficial to Airstreamers and to the town. Abingdon closes down Remsburg Drive for us, and we parked 14 Airstreams on it. This little town has it all; history, two great venues for the Barter Theater, The Virginia Creeper Trail, fishing, hiking, shopping, a great farmer’s market and excellent restaurants. In turn, we bring business to the town.
After a 5½ hour drive, we parked, set up and said hello to everyone. We grabbed a little nap before driving northwest to Lebanon, Va to visit Amanda Rose and her family. Amanda is a great hygienist who worked with us for four or five years before moving back to Chad and Amanda’s hometown of Abingdon. They have two lovely daughters, Ainsley and Cadence.
Amanda gave us a tour of their new house on.about 12 gorgeous acres on top of a mountain. It’s in a small development with great neighbors, one of whom likes to do projects for them. While we waited for the rest of the family to get home, we took a walk up the street to a fantastic view of mountains all around.
When Chad and the girls got home, they all started cooking. I felt like I was in a Japanese restaurant with Chad cooking on a big griddle outside. First he made a huge portion of fried rice, then chicken, mushrooms, squash, carrots and shrimp. The girls hustled things in and out of the house between rounds of volleyball. Ainsley took us over to the fence for a great sunset view. Along the tree line were huge blackberry bushes, and to the right of those were wineberries, or raspberries. I asked if they were going to put in a garden, but there are too many deer.
After a huge, wonderful dinner, Amanda served up delicious cake she made with a raspberry filling. We were hoping to watch Cadence play softball in the regional tournament tomorrow, but with heavy rains predicted, it was moved to Monday. We would later find out Cadence hit a home run and the team won. She is quite the athlete, playing basketball and volleyball as well as softball. Ainsley is into art, theater and acting.
It was a wonderful visit with great friends. We made it back to town as it turned dark, carrying a whole bunch of left-overs and cake!