Today Greg and I got up "early," grabbed some lunch at Uno's Pizza with some of his family who lives around here. After that, we went to the Manassas Battlefield National Park and took a self-guided driving tour. It wasn't as great as some of the other ones I've taken, but it was still moving being in the place where the Civil War essentially started. This job can be grueling at times, with all the gear hauling, driving, crashing in the backseat of a car while you try to find a place to stop in between Roanoke and Winchester (very few and far between), but it's amazing to be able to see all these historical spots that are literally right beneath our feet. I had been to the battlefields before, but I was a little kid.
Speaking of food, one of the funny things I find about being on the road is being able to tell where you are by the types of restaurants that are around. Uno's is a northeast thing, and I guess they've made their way down to the DC area now. If you wake up and there's a Taco John's outside your window, you know you're out west. And if you are pulling into a Chick fil A at 7 am to eat breakfast (or dinner), you know you're almost home (and it's not a Sunday).
Preseason football started last night. Good to have it back. Go Falcons.
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