Zeros

5/25 - 5/27 Memorial Day Weekend

We were picked up at our nasty motel in Buena Vista by Wander's brother Jerry, who lives in Virginia. He sped us down the highway
to Staunton, where we checked in at another (better) motel. Wander's mother, daughter, and granddaughter were on their way from Indiana to visit for the weekend. Jerry's daughter and boyfriend were also on their way from Virginia, so we had a big crew. We spent the weekend mostly eating, although we did manage to check out downtown Staunton and find a pair of new shoes for Wander at Rockfish Gap Outfitters.
On Memorial Day itself we visited a local safari park, where you drive through in your own car and feed greedy, hairy animals (such as deer, llama, elk, zebra, camel, ostrich, emu, etc.) through the car windows. Brilliant idea. The more crafty ones have figured out how to block traffic to get fed more. If the object was to get animal feed all over the inside of your car and animal slobber all over the outside, it was a success. But everyone had fun. There was a walking zoo at the end if you wanted to pet more hairy beasts.
All in all, it was a nice three days off from walking. Our first zero days since Hot Springs, way back at mile 270, and we were ready for a break.