We headed south on Friday to visit Bert’s sister and her husband. They live in Greencastle, Pennsylvania…right near the PA/Maryland border. It was a beautiful day, not a cloud in the sky. A great day to celebrate my birthday (of course, anything past 39 doesn’t count!). We thought we might see beautiful fall color, however it seems this year the leaves sort of turned muted colors of yellow and gold and then turned brown and dropped.
The only really red splash of color was an occasional Burning Bush. It seemed unnatural with everything else so drab.
We had a good visit with Bert’s sister, Joanne, and her husband Mark.
Then we ventured out to have dinner at The Grille at the Runways, which is part of the Rider Jet Center at the Hagerstown Airport. This restaurant is part of the complex for private flights and offered quite a view of the runway used by these private planes.
Of course, any photos I tried to capture from their website would not come through, but here’s the description of the Center:
Rider Jet Center is Western Maryland’s newest and finest full service Fixed Base Operator (FBO). Based at Hagerstown Regional Airport (KHGR) in Hagerstown, MD, Rider Jet Center offers only the highest level of aviation service to all aircraft, pilots and passengers. Rider Jet Center is a perfect location to remotely base your Washington / Baltimore corporate flight department. With over 40,000 sq. ft. of heated hangar space and 10,000 sq. ft of office space, Rider Jet Center is capable of storing aircraft as large as a Gulfstream or a Global Express and accommodating the necessary staff to support them. We are conveniently located in the northwest corner of Hagerstown Regional Airport on the west apron. Our terminal and hangars are capable of servicing business and private travelers’ needs while visiting the Hagerstown area.
I wanted to share this description because during dinner we were captivated by the view out the huge windows in the restaurant. Here are some pictures of the planes and sunset we saw:
We sat at a table beside the pilots of the Civil Air Patrol plane you see above. Other than that, it seemed the rest of the patrons of the restaurant were ordinary local people from the surrounding community…like us!
Outside the restaurant was a gift shop and displays of airplane models. We were told this private airstrip welcomes celebrities like Jay Leno, and others. We did not see any famous people!
Here are some of the displays in the lobby:
So, we had a great visit, enjoyed a beautiful drive down and back, and had a great dinner. This was a pretty low-key celebration for my birthday, but after all these years it was just perfect!
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Happy belated birthday🎂
Thanks!