The next stop on our road trip was Stephens City, Va.

My dear friend, Michelle, lives there...

We've been friends since we were 13 years old..

so 15 years now ;-)

The beautiful mountains of Virginia!

No, this is NOT Michelle"s house..although I'm sure she wouldn't mind living here.

She works in Upperville, Va. at a restaurant called 

The Hunters Head.

It is an organic restaurant that is supplied by an organic farm.

The woman that owns the WHOLE company...Farm, butcher shop, and restaurant...owns this house.

But, this is just the mansion on the property, she lives in another home on the 800 acre farm..sigh.. 

Some of the cattle on the farm.

This House belongs to the gentleman that takes care of the horses. This is just the side view! Why didn't I take a picture of the front?? The stables are to the right of this picture..you can see them below. Isn't it beautiful? 

It reminds me of an old english cottage.

The stables look better than my house.

Another thing this woman does...just to make us feel like losers...

is collect and show antique carriages. These pictures do them zero justice!

They are actually gorgeous in person! Some are from the 1800's and formally belonged to the royal families in Europe.

 

 I took a crappy picture of one of their award photos.

After the tour, we went to Michelle's new house. Clay was enjoying the playground until Michelle and I decided to relive some memories...Can you tell he is trying to get away from me?

 Believe me, I only added the pictures that we looked half way descent in...

I've got a lot of bribery material!