Climbing Mt Rogers |
 In 2015, I entered Virginia on Saturday, 31 October, while driving north on US interstate highway 81. I pulled off the road almost immediately into the welcome centre on the outskirts of Bristol, and the slogan “Virginia is for lovers” struck me as being exceptionally trite, especially for a state that has a Latin motto. While I was at the welcome centre, my son sent me a text with the news – which was indeed welcome – that New Zealand had just won the 2015 rugby world cup. |