The Big Freeze

Sometimes I Think G-d Shows His Sense of Humor


It's Minus Two outside this window!

We awakened at the Buckhorn Inn to find frosty patterns decorating the windows. The innkeeper cheerfully announced that it was minus two outside! A little creek across the road from the inn was a frosty fantasy wonderland.

I just wonder if the Divine in his wisdom took a look at some speech on 'global warming' being carefully crafted for Tuesday's festivities and decided to take some of the fire out of it by sending a Winter of yesteryear...

I can almost hear His hearty laughter!


A family explores the icicles along the Blue Ridge Parkway.


More icicles.


Sherando Lake in the George Washington National Forest is frozen solid all the way across. Perfect for a little ice hocky.

Special Getaway

An Old Stagecoach Tavern Provides a Welcome Respite


The Buckhorn Inn was built in 1811 and was originally a tavern along the stagecoach route.

We enjoyed a much neededed getaway this weekend to The Buckhorn Inn. The historic tavern was built in 1811 and Stonewall Jackson changed stagecoaches there once. Later the building was used as a field hospital after the battle of McDowell. Today the inn lives on as a popular bed and breakfast run by Garlan and Sylvia Yoder. In recent times the inn has featured a bountiful buffet of country specialties. Be sure to save room for some delicious peanut butter pie!


The Inn's beautiful staircase is pegged.