Stopping for lunch in Salem, VA...

We're stopped for lunch in the parking lot of the public library in Salem, VA, just a little to the southwest of Roanoke. The girlfriend's legs were starting to get pretty sore, so we decided it was about time to switch drivers again. Unfortunately, it seems that the back seat of her new SUV isn't quite the size of the old one, so we're having some troubles getting everything moved around well enough for her to be able to lie down and put her feet up.

Plus we also had a few issues with the ice chest. We took a little styrofoam ice chest in which to put our sodas and a few semi-perishable items, like cheese and some fruits and vegetables. Well, all of that's fine except for the fact that evidently the water from the ice melting seeps through the foam, so there was pretty much a watery mess in the back seat where we had it.

So she was upset about all that, but we've got everything pretty much put together now, with the front seat laid down and my laptop put on top of that like a desk, and her able to use the back seat and the rear half of the prone front seat to put her feet on. We're having some cheese and crackers for lunch, which is fine. Not quite as filling as some of my usual lunches, but certainly better than Taco Bell or something like that.

The drive up here has been pretty nice. Here are a few snaps taken along the highway...




And, as we drove into town, looking for a park or something to park at, we noticed that there was this very pretty row of white blossoming trees they had planted on the main road into town:



Anyway, I'm planted in the driver's seat again, and it's about time to head back out on the road. I don't know how much further to Washington, but we're probably not going to get there at least till the middle of the evening, local time. I'm staying with Central Time on my blog, but everything's an hour later now, and it's getting up to the middle afternoon now. At least it's not hot, even though everything is pretty clear and pretty.

Time to head on the road...