Don't You Know There Is A Hurricane!?

This is exactly what several people said to me last week when I mentioned Neil and I were going to the Virginia coast to visit some of his siblings. Yes, I said some because he is one of 5 kids! However, I assured the worried minds that we would miss the hurricane by a full day. Neil and I had planned a month ago to spend Labor Day weekend visiting his sister who just moved to Roanoke and then head up to VA Beach to visit his brother and sister-in-law (the same ones that just got married in Williamsburg in June). We had a great time even though I was sick with a sinus infection. In Roanoke we went on a picnic to Mill Mountain which is a park, on a mountain, with this ridiculous star on the top that they light up at night. Along with this star is a camera that will take your picture every 10 seconds and people can go on-line and see you standing there. Its bizarre. Apparently they have the star because Roanoke is known as the 'Star City'... so my question is- would Roanoke be 'Star City' without the star? After much pondering about the purpose of the star we went to a coffee shop and played games. Neil and I really enjoy playing games and so does the rest of his family. Neil's birthday was last week and he received two new games. Monopoly Deal and Dominion. His family as already had a slight obsession with Monopoly Deal, but we were able to spread the obsession to the game Dominion. We brought it along and taught his sister to play. Then we went to VA Beach and taught his brother and sister-in-law to play and that's basically what we did all day Monday. They loved it and we went to sleep with visions of cards in our heads. It was fun to spend time with each of them. VA Beach was beautiful, but was also very much like Panama City Beach- very touristy and junky. We walked on the beach once and it was really nice, but we had our fill. Neil and I aren't really 'beach people', though I am slightly more than him because it was really the only way my family vacationed. Anyway, I like Virginia, but its good to be home.