Floyd, VA for a day.

Sorry for the late post. There was no reliable internet to be had in Floyd. Upon arrival in the afternoon, we wanted to set up camp at quickly so we can drive into town for dinner and hopefully some live music. Chantilly Farms is a lovely campsite on a series of hills that overlook green pastures and tree filled mountains. Here is the view from our camper.

Other campers were sharing the hill with us and had a quick moment to briefly meet our neighbors before we left for town. 

We'd returned for a second time to our favorite Mexican restaurant in town called El Charro. The Mexican food is pretty good there so there is no need to list what we chose to eat. After dinner, we walked to the amphitheater at the Hotel Floyd knowing there was live music between the hours of 6 pm. and 8 pm. on Thursdays. A quintet of various musicians were there playing Bluegrass music.  Kellen wasn't feeling well so we stayed for a set. Michele and Cesare could have sat there all night listening to the music with a cooler of beer and a couple chairs. We returned to the campsite only to find our neighbors together slightly inebriated. 

Our neighbor Jim is a retired Chemistry professor from UNC Chapel Hill in North Carolina. Him and his wife were camping for the week for the Floyd Country Store Friday Night Jamboree where Jim was hoping to join in with his guitar.  Unfortunately, we had to miss the Jamboree, but we will return one day.  Jim supplied whiskey to our other neighbor John and got him started for the night before we arrive back to the camper. Upon arrival to our campsite that evening, Jim and John were barking my name "Cesare" as we pulled in. John had started up his fire pit and cooked chili and rice for his family's dinner over the fire. Jim retired early for the evening guessing in due part from the whiskey. Michele and Cesare meet John's wife, Mary and their two lovely teenage boys. John and Mary hail from the UK yet live in Denmark. They were on holiday for seven weeks here in the US traveling the eastern coast. They started in Boston and will end up in the Key West.  They rented a RV for a portion of the holiday. John was feeling good thanks to Jim and Cesare proceeded to bring out his stash of various beers. Mary had wine and Michele drank root beer beer. As the night progressed, we talked about our recent travels and exchanged photos of the sites we visited. We discussed the similarities and differences of our cultures, we laughed and joked about a variety of topics. We had a bloody lovely time together. Kellen stayed in and didn't meet everyone until the next day. Carina sat with us later on in the evening. I can say we thoroughly enjoyed meeting another family and getting to know them. Everyone was absolutely friendly and wish them well in their travels.