Day 51: Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Start: Winchester, VA
End: Duncannon, PA
Miles Driven Today: 141
Total Miles: 8,928
Today was a day to visit friends. We started out in Winchester and headed just 30 minutes East to visit one of Tom’s former colleagues, Paris Resnick. Paris now owns and runs the Moose Apple Christmas Tree Farm in Berryville, VA.
It was a short but lovely drive to the farm. Our open road was quite nice.
Today’s open road – Berryville, VA
We were soon at the farm. Perfectly manicured Christmas trees greeted us at the foot of the driveway.
Arriving at Moose Apple Christmas Tree Farm
As we pulled up the driveway, we saw a fabulous log cabin. There was a huge wrap-around porch (which we later found out wrapped ALL the way around the large house).
Moose Apple Christmas Tree Farm – Log Cabin
We got a tour of the place. They have a nice variety of trees. What was great was that it was quiet…but not. Tons of birds were chirping and darting amongst the trees; sweet voices surrounded us. We spotted a bunny in the blueberry patch. There were nests all around the rafters. A little paradise!
The farm does (not surprisingly) almost all of their business between Thanksgiving and Christmas, but many people come out in October to pick and tag their trees. The farm will also be hosting a wine tasting in October with a local winery. Taste a bit of vino, pick out a tree…come back and cut it down. Sweet!
Tom and Paris
The inside of the house was even more spectacular than the outside! And the handmade crafts were fabulous! Kathy, Paris’ wife, paints and their daughter makes stained glass and fused glass (we bought an ornament). The farm also has jams, jellies and syrups made specifically for them. I picked up a jug or two of Brandy Vanilla Syrup. YUM!
We said goodbye to the Resnicks and motored on to Duncannon, PA to visit Bob and Sharon. Our route took us through an unusual part of the area where we were in three states in a matter of five minutes. We traveled from West Virginia to Virginia and into Maryland in a short spell! What travelers we are!
Hello there Maryland!
We were soon in Pennsylvania and headed for our final destination.
Hello again, Pennsylvania!
It was good to be in familiar territory! We started out our journey here; it was fitting that this be our last stop! Jasmine was looking forward to the visit!
Checkin’ out the scenery
Perhaps Jasmine likes it here because she gets away with a lot. She climbed onto the kitchen table from my lap. Sharon’s response? “She’s allowed to do that HERE!” 🙂
Dogs are allowed on the kitchen table here!
We’ll stay the night here, and then we’re heading HOME. Yes, our journey is coming to an end.
Of course, before we left for home, we had to see one more thing…
First there was Margaretville, then…
Tom and Margaret Donnelly 
Hahaha!! Look!! Jasmine HAS to be related to Piper!! Hahaha!! Thank you so much for writing this blog! We have truly enjoyed your adventures and pictures!