Detour to James Madison�s Montpelier!

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I took a side trip yesterday I really hadn�t planned on.

I received a call from Pepper Cory to reschedule our quilt reference book drop off for the Quiltville Inn library � it was POURING at the coast and driving was just not safe for her, nor did I want her to make the trip to Durham in that weather. We�ll do that NEXT Monday instead.

Which meant I could get a bit earlier start on my day � and I headed out to take the back roads home to North Carolina.

Those brown historic site highway signs ALWAYS catch my eye � and when I saw one for Montpelier, home of James and Dolly Madison, I pulled over � put it in my GPS to see how far off it was, and set my direction toward Orange, Virginia.

My inner history nut was doing a happy dance all the way --
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