Karen and I decided to take advantage of the beautiful November day in the 70’s and visit a place we have wanted to see for a few years, but never made it there. Nearby there are battlefields, wineries, museums and Patsy Cline’s home that can be visited.
Winchester is about 1-1/2 hours away from our current location. Toll roads or by ways? We chose the by-ways, added a few minutes to the comuute but saved $$ on the tolls and were rewarded with beautiful views along the way. We arrived in Winchester at lunch time and hungry. The diner we thought we were going to eat at, ended up not impressing us so we drove to Loudoin Street area and attempted to find street parking nearby. Unsure if the handicapped parking was no charge – there was a handicap parking sign but no pay parking meter, we asked a couple of people but they did not know either. So, Karen moved the car while I waited at the Water Stree Kitchen for lunch. We sat outside and enjoyed the sunshine. Our server was great and we enjoyed our meal. Not the cheapest lunch, but it didn’t matter. We were eating outside in a place we wanted to visit, on a sunny November day in Northern Virginia!
Winchester boasts a 2-block walking mall – no cars allowed. We walked the entire area and it was a bit sad that the stores were closed for the most part and the place looked a bit deserted, except for a few homeless people, who did not bother us. After lunch we checked out an antique store and poke around in thre for a while. We came out empty handed. Karen was looking for the perfect birthday gift for a friend and found a store that had items she liked. And that was sum total of our walking mall shopping day! There were some historical buildings along the walking mall that were interesting, from the 1700’s adnd 1800’s. We love checking out the old buildings and fantacising about the days gone by long ago. What was that building orginially used for? Who lived in that building? Was this a one-lane road that horse and carriage traversed? You can just set your imagination to work in a place like this! As we drove thorugh town, there were several older, huge houses and buildings, many with historical markers proudly displayed.
All in all, it was a good day for a road trip. On our way home, we stopped at a favortie grocery store to get a few things that we have been unable to find at our corner grocery store. Life is good in Virginia! Stay tuned for more Out and About blog posts as we find time to travel locally and investigate this historical area.
My apologies for the untouched photos. My computer did not want to behave today! All photos taken by Karen on an iPhone.
Step outside your front door and visit the area you live in – it’s an eye opener!
Twenty Steps at a Time 
Glad we finally made it! Very cute town. Probably even cuter when more stores are open on the weekends. Lol
On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 3:11 PM Twenty Steps at a Time wrote:
> 20StepsAtATime posted: ” Karen and I decided to take advantage of the > beautiful November day in the 70’s and visit a place we have wanted to see > for a few years, but never made it there. Nearby there are battlefields, > wineries, museums and Patsy Cline’s home that can be visited” >
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