The resort is different from most we have seen in that it is built on the side of a very large hill. Each RV site is tiered into the hill and is well separated from adjoining sites. The only complaint - gnats, lots of tiny, pesky gnats! Once set up, we headed into New Market for a look around. Our first stop was the Shenvalee Golf Resort to see if we could reserve a tee time. The course has 27 holes and is very nice from all appearances. We made a tee time for Friday, but later had to cancel due to the threat of inclement weather (which materialized!).
Wednesday, we took care of laundry and I cleaned up some matters on the computer, then it was off to the golf course lounge for happy hour. Returning home, we bought some firewood and had a campfire on our site.
Very pleasant, and the smoke kept the gnats away! 
Thursday, we did some chores then headed to Harrisonburg (about 20 miles away) to the Super Walmart, Bed, Bath and Beyond, Home Depot and Staples. Then it was off to Applebees for happy hour - another bad Applebees. However, we learned that Barbara, the bartender, had, until that morning, been staying at the same RV resort as were we. In fact, she and her friend had been parked about five sites away from us. What a coincidence! Here we are in Harrisonburg, in an Applebees 20 odd miles away from the RV park, and run into a person I had seen sitting outside he RV the day before. While taking, she mentioned that there were wild raspberries in the ravine behind our coach.
Friday, I went down in the ravine and sure enough - wild raspberries and a few wild blackberries too. I picked away for an hour or so and got enough for 8 or nine ziplock bags for freezing.
Unbeknownst to me, I also picked up a tick in my clothing - which I only found later that day. Luckily it had not yet embedded itself in me or that could have been trouble.Around noon, we headed over the mountain to Luray for lunch and a visit to the Luray Cavern. I was expecting a tourist trap, but it turned out to be quite nice
and the tour of the cavern was well worth the time and cost ($21 for seniors including admission to the auto museum, the Luray Valley Museum and the Garden Maze). The cavern is very beautiful and has a constant temperature of 54 degrees year round. The tour covers about a 1.25 miles underground with loads of stalactites (attached to the ceiling), 
stalagmites (attached to the floor) 
and reflecting pools of all shapes and sizes. 
There is one pool that is designated the wishing well. Last year they pulled out $144,000 - all of it donated to a local charity. Since its start, the pool has generated over $1 million.
After the tour, we bought some small gifts and mementoes and toured the adjoining auto museum. One of the beautifully restored vehicles was a 1931 Rolls Royce. 
There were many other rare cars dating from the 1890s.The rain had started by the time we finished the tour of the auto museum and was threatening to get heavier, which it did, so we headed for home. The rain got progressively heavier as we crossed the mountain back to New Market and we decided to stop off at the golf course for happy hour and join the golfers who were in the lounge waiting to get back on the course after the rain stopped. After an hour os so, it did, and they did, so we headed home, had dinner and relaxed.
Today is a lazy day (like so many others when you're retired!). I will go into New Market to see if I can get a haircut - I know I may regret this decision, but it is the lesser of two evils I guess. We will do all the laundry, clean up the coach, and get ready to depart tomorrow for either Harrisburg, PA or Mansfield, PA, depending on where our friends Ty and Mickey Haubert get to on their journey North. Either way, we will be in Mansfield for the next week or so to renew old acquaintances and to participate in the Corey Creek Invitational Golf Tournament - our annual rite of Summer! Until then, Cheers!
John, Suz and Dixie the Wonderdog
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