Extra Credit Questions

[Jim Page]

One of the nicest weekends I ever spent was at Stratford Hall. I belong to a group of acoustic guitar nuts who met online, and we rent out the Westmoreland State Park in the Northern Neck of Virginia every spring to have a gathering. Folks come from all over; we usually have about 120 or so show up. We play music and eat chili and drink mass quantities.

The last time I attended, about four years ago, I rented a room in the guest quarters at Stratford Hall instead of renting a WPA-era cabin in the park as I usually do. I had the whole darn thing to myself, eating homemade potato chips on a huge deck and enjoyed a wonderful tour of the Hall, to boot. The folks there are just outstanding. What a weekend!!!

One of the pro players made a comment during his evening set, on the banks of the Potomac, that the Northern Neck was amazing because one could see six different varieties of road-killed mammals on the road to the park while still having good mobile-phone coverage.

I need to go back this spring.

--Jim