Sunday, January 17, 2010

Back in the swing

Jan and I are getting re-acquainted with the Inn--although some of the breakfast process that becomes automatic over time has needed a little de-rusting (like...which ingredient do we put in first?).

We departed in early December for a mission trip to Kenya, and returned on Christmas Eve. The down side was the weather in Virginia on our return. In Kenya days were 80-85 degrees and nights around 65. Perfect climate. At home, Lexington was still digging out from 20 inches of snow with temperatures in the teens. Merry Christmas, indeed. We are thankful that by now the snow is almost gone (except for plowed piles here and there). And we are inching into the 50s.

With one weekend in December already filled with Inn guests, booked before our plans were finalized, we left the place in the hands of Patrick, a 22-year old college student. Patrick had helped us in the summer of 2008, and so he knew how we operate things. Being off from college for the semester, he was happy to take charge here for one weekend. By remarks in our guest book, Patrick did a great job!