11/18/25
Hello from Mount Pleasant, South Carolina! I’m sitting for two cute kitties here in the Charleston area. Of course I’ll be posting about this soon, but now I need to catch up and share my time with my parents in the house where I grew up just outside of Waterford, Virginia.
I’ll mostly tell the story in pictures. I spent about a week and a half with great company, reminiscing about childhood memories, and once again marveling at how a beautiful fall season seems to have been following me across the country.
When I arrived at the homestead, most leaves had already fallen from the trees surrounding the house, but some beautiful ones remained. By the end of my stay, after several sunny but very windy days, those were gone too.
But one day, my mom and I took a walk for just about a mile, out to the edge of our field and into the neighboring lane, and we were stunned to encounter a full autumn wonderland!
We ran into some “new” neighbors, and had a nice conversation. We even found some hickory nuts(!) and snacked on them back home after finding heavy enough implements to crack the shells.
The sky clouded up on our walk back, which led to some beautiful views as a few raindrops started to fall.
It was great to see my folks—it had been two years since I had seen them in person, back on Vancouver Island. I’m hoping I can make it back again to Waterford in April, before I return to Portland for the season.
On our way out of town, I made my customary stop at the adorable post office from my childhood, right in the heart of the historic village of Waterford.
My parents dropped me off in the northern Virginia suburb of Reston, where I stayed a night with my Portland friend Michelle and her two adorable dogs, Gretta and Peanut. It was cool to catch up!
The next morning, I had a short but lovely bike ride to the Reston Metro station.
There I loaded my rig on a train to Washington, DC’s Union Station again. (Isn’t the DC subway cool-looking?)
Now I’m here in South Carolina, and it’s going to be 77 degrees today (25C)! I plan to bike across the bridge to check out Charleston proper. Pics in the next post!
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