December 2011 | A Thousand Country Roads

I cleaned up our dresser today and my husband still has bills and coins from my home country, the Philippines, that he brought back to the US on our trip here. We didn’t spend it all while we were in Manila so I think they’ll have to wait until we go back to my home country again to get their money back…LOL! He doesn’t want to have it changed at the bank due to exchange fees.

Seeing it reminds me of the coin collection I had while in grade school. I had pen-pal friends from Canada and the U.S.A. at that time and we exchanged coins to add to our collections. I kept them through the years, but I left them back home when I came to the US. They will be there when we go back to visit anyway, so I decided to leave them. I am thinking of adding more to it. How I wish I could have one of those Golden eagle gold coins. That would be an awesome addition, but I don’t think I can afford to have one. Or can I? (“,)

This is part of the Blue Ridge Parkway that amazes people. I was amazed myself. This huge rock is situated in the middle of all those mountains. It looked like an animal laying down or sleeping from afar. Do you think so too?

And did you known why it is called the "Looking Glass Rock"? It is because during winter, when the rock is full of ice, it looked like a glass from afar. How I wish I would be able to see that this winter. But I do wonder if I will stand the temperature there by that time. We went there in early August and it is already chilly and that is because it is situated thousands of feet above see level. How much more during winter.