I am having problems posting with Windows Live Writer so I am posting this right from blogspot and I am not sure if I can link to the albums or not yet.
Well another year has slipped by and we are still happy. We awoke to a very sunny and very warm day and after breakfast, the best of any hotel we know of, they make you an omelet, at the hotel we headed to our favorite place, Longwood Gardens (http://longwoodgardens.org/). Today because of the heat we both got electric scooters to ride, I wasn’t going to but Barbara talked me into it and it was not so bad. First we headed to the Flower walk were they where watering half of it so we could not go that way to the Italian Water Garden but we found a way around to it. The Italian water garden was not running, there was a gentleman cleaning them, but they still looked good and turned into reflecting pools. We then headed around the far end and back to the flower walk and you would never have known that not that long ago they had sprinklers going, there was not a drop of water on the brick path. Well with both of us on scooters we covered a lot of ground and found ourselves by the chime tower. Next we went around and up the back of the hill to the eye of the water were the water falls by the chime tower starts. By then we wanted lunch so we headed to the cafeteria for lunch. After lunch we went into the conservatory, it was not crowded so we rode around on the scooters, just slowly. Out by the waterlily pond we found a plethora of waterlilies in bloom. Then around to the orchid room, my favorite. We made our way all the way to the cascade garden where the path turns and you head back toward the main conservatory. We went through the rose house were the roses were in full bloom and I found some interesting colored hibiscus. In the tropical terrace I found a plant I had not seen before, on the end of a long stick like stem was a red flower of the most interesting shape, you will see it in the slide show. Then through the silver garden and back into the main conservatory. We then went back to the hotel to rest until dinner. We had dinner in the restaurant that is attached to the hotel. We had one of the best meals we have had in a long time. The Inn at Mendenhall (http://www.mendenhallinn.com/) has it all. Here are the pictures (including one of us on our way to dinner).
Just click on this link to see the pictures: http://cid-b02aeb57ae388e83.photos.live.com/browse.aspx/35th%20Wedding%20Anniversary%20Day
