Country Roads

I am going to visit my parents this weekend in Pennsylvania. They still live in the area I grew up in (if not the same house)- a small Central PA town with beautiful mountains, lush foliage (in the summer, of course), and rolling farmland as far as the eye can see.

When I go home, it is like I never left. I am pampered by my mother who makes all of my favorite meals, does my laundry and takes me shopping. She is my confidant and closest companion. My dad and I veg out in front of the TV, making snide remarks about whatever political opinion, celebrity screw up or current event may be en vogue that weekend. He also loves to talk about my career. We discuss that often. In PA, I don't have to do anything I don't want! It is like a weekend retreat for the over-worked and over-stressed.

If you have never been to this seemingly boring state, it is well worth the trip. We are not only Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Central PA has such beautiful landscapes, it will take your breath away. It can only be described as "God's Country", as Le Mari so aptly put it.