November 2005 Emily and Zoe visit East Coast!

Well, I decided that Summer 2006 was too far away, and Zoe's grandparents needed to see her in this fun stage. So Zoe and I took 3 and a half weeks and flew to Floyd, Virginia to see Pete's parents, then to Binghamton, NY to see my parents. All went well on our 22 hours in the air, and we arrived in Roanoke Virginia on November 16th, beautiful sunny weather.

We visited Grandpa Pete at the Castelli Plantation in Floyd County, just outside Blacksburg, Virginia. Some fall colors remained, and Zoe enjoyed playing in the dead leaves outside - such rare fun for her! Grandpa showed her how to drive the golf cart around the Back 40, and Scrappy the terrier was a never-ending source of fun.