Graduation Trip - Day 2

Despite my late bedtime, I was still awake early (0630).  Started teleworking immediately, with a short break to get breakfast from hotel lobby.  After confirming a late checkout, I stayed in my room for work meetings and other projects until noon.  Taking a decided break from my job, I had a call (networking and budget planning) with Heidi V.  Meanwhile, I left Carlisle at 1200 and drove south on I-81.  Later, I spent some time talking with Eileen and Mollie and listened to audiobooks.  At 1315, I stopped for lunch at Chick-fil-A in Martinsburg, WV and met up with my work colleague (Mike G.).  For the next two hours, we ate and talked about several work projects.  Just after 1530, I said goodbye to him and started south on I-81 again.  Passed the time with more audiobooks and Pandora music.  The traffic was OK but there were (as usual) LOTS of trucks.  I arrived in Harrisonburg just after 1700 and headed to Brenna's apartment.  She hadn't been answering my calls but she was home and saw me in the parking lot.  We spent a short time visiting but both agreed that we were hungry - as a result, we then (1745) left her apartment to find a place to eat.  We drove around for a while, looking for someplace "just right" - Brenna took me to a few places that had actually closed (without her knowledge) and she had quite a list of things she did/didn't want.  Eventually, I convinced her to stop at a place called "Joe's Diner" (located close to the Cracker Barrel) and we ended up having a really nice meal there.  I had a club sandwich and Brenna had biscuits and gravy.  While eating, we had a nice talk - we might have stayed even longer (after finishing our meal) but Brenna wanted to go for a walk.  So, we then (1845) drove west to Bridgewater and stopped at Wildwood Park, where we took a long walk (probably almost an hour).  It was a nice place, complete with waterfalls, trails, picnics and dogs.  We had some more nice chatting and saw some baby ducks.  By 2045, we were back at Brenna's apartment, where we spent the evening talking and working (I continued my telework day and she did some of her own work).  After a pretty full day, I went to bed (2200) - whew!