Radars and Peanuts--a visit to Wakefield, VA

A while ago, we headed to southeast Virginia on a random Saturday afternoon drive. We came across the huge billboard that proclaimed that the first peanut was grown on or near this particular spot. We took four pictures of it--but they all turned out blurry. So instead, here's a picture of the peanut museum (that was closed).


Further down the road was the The Virginia Diner, a veritable institution.



Although we did not partake of an entire meal, we did stop for dessert--yummy peach cobbler with ice cream and a slice of warm gooey chocolate chess pie. Very good stop for dessert--and we watched alot of fried chicken dinners go past--and regretted having eaten a late lunch on the road.


Another point of interest in Wakefield is the NOAA Radar. We stopped in for a photo op, and to pick up some information about tornadoes, forest fires, and flooding tips.


Bonus was the NOAA bag and pencils were were able to obtain (for both ourselves--and for JoDee.)

Our visit to NOAA was cut short because of the severe weather conditions forecast for the area on that particular day. Little did we know that extremely dangerous lightening storms were in the making. During a perilous drive home, Thomas was able to make snap this picture: