I have been to the grove park inn

and am back. It is really as wonderful as they say, but also plenty expensive even with a fantastic deal. Still, no regrets - especially as my ship (really big late invoice) has finally come in. Of course now I have even more expenses that need to be matched up with it, but things are looking up.

The biggest side effect may be an obsession with craftsman furniture and the arts & crafts movement in general. I don't think that large slabs of solid wood ever get cheap, but I am going to do what I can. Also, I will require a shipment of mica and copper lamps.

more, perhaps less scattered, much later. We came home via the blue ridge parkway which involved a lot of downwards corkscrews. Parts of me are still spinning.