Perfect winter morning

Today started out as most days chore filled early in the morning take care of the animals the chickens the dog and see the wife off to work. We were blessed with a coating of some white powdery stuff overnight and we needed to clean that up which fortunately was just powder so we were able to clean it up with a leaf blower. Then I decided it was time to play a little. Temps are in low teens stiff wind out of the NE. I got my Pioneer warmed up for an early morning ride. So I headed out busting a trail to the south end of the farm past the gate to the wide open spaces of rural Virginia back roads. To much delight there was a good coating of fresh snow pack on the back roads. What to my wondering eyes did appear.



Smith Mountain at Smith Mountain Lake Virginia


Pioneer at the lake

This is why we moved here,there is nothing as sweet as the mountains with snow. I know there are other mountain ranges much higher an just as pretty. The Appalachian Mountains are the oldest in North America. This is Smith Mountain where TVA erected a dam in the 1950's for hydro-electric power supplo the grid.
On this trip I took my youngest son, I figured we head over to the lake to see if any had frozen. Plus I wanted to get him outdoors and away from his computer. So we bounced down the old back roads cutting up and sliding around a bit just for fun. The pioneer on this journey performed flawlessly.
This is my son Stephen at the lake. We took a few more pics and reflected on the times we as a family bring our boat out to the lake and find a cove off away from everyone and swim and tube. We road a total of 28 miles and spent a few hour together creating more memories and he got to drive us home. He has never driven the pioneer but comment that it handles nice and tight and the ride is smooth. He is a quiet boy and never offers his opinion on much but looks like Honda will have another customer one day. My hope is that you all enjoy this story as much as we enjoyed creating it together to share with you.