Meade Skelton Photo Blog

 In early October I sang at Larrick's Tavern, located in the beautiful Wayside Inn. I had stayed at the Wayside Inn before when I had a show at Gospel Fest in June. I somehow keep returning to the northwest corner of Virginia. There's a nice church in Winchester called Crossroads Community Chapel that I like to visit when I'm there. My show went well and I met the owners. I also got to have a tour of Belle Grove plantation down the road ,on the site of "Cedar Creek" Battlefield. The whole area is said to be "haunted", but I just rebuke whatever is there. Usually hauntings are demonic in nature. The first time I stayed at the Wayside Inn, I was in the "Lee Room" in the newer part of the hotel on the ground floor. It was named for General Lee. This time I stayed in the "Jefferson Room" on the 3rd floor in the oldest part of the hotel. Each hotel room is unique in design and named after a historic figure. Ironically, in the Jefferson roo...

 I enjoyed my stay at the Mimslyn Inn in Luray, VA. Unfortunately, I was towards the end of a bad cold so I didn't feel totally up to snuff. The scenery was spectactular. They had a really nice baby grand piano in the lobby, but folks were not allowed to play it. During my stay there , I stopped by Cooter's Place in Luray , which features the Dukes of Hazzard Museum. I also stopped by the grave of Country singer Patsy Cline at Shenandoah Memorial Park in Winchester. It was a nice exurcsion. At least the nice thing about Virginia is there are affordable hotels to do day trips. On the TV, they were already playing Christmas films, but I also enjoyed watching an old gangster film starring James Cagney called "White Heat". My room had a jetted tub which was nice, although I usually prefer not to use a tub someone else has sat in. I guess at least they sanitize it first. Overall, a nice stay. Patsy Cline's grave site (under her married name "Virginia Dick")  ...