Walking Winchester

I took advantage of the unseasonably warm weather yesterday to drove out to Winchester and do the Volksmarch there. Given my calendar, this is almost certainly the last event I will do this year. It was a pleasant enough walk for the most part, but the local sidewalks could be better maintained. There are plenty of historic signs to read, which is good in some ways but makes a walk take longer for those who are as compulsive about this sort of thing as I am. The instructions had pretty good notes (mostly pointers to those historic signs, but a few things about Patsy Cline, too.)

I should note that I drove out on Route 50, which was annoying because of the slow speed limits in various towns along the way (Aldie, Middleburg, Upperville), as well as Loudon County's traffic circles. On the way back, I took the longer but faster route using I-81 and I-66. Even this time of year, with the trees bare, it's nice being reminded how pretty Virginia is.