It's cold and rainy...let's go to the lake!

I'm looking out my office window and all I see is gray.

Gray skies on gray buildings obscured only slightly by splatters of raindrops on my window pane. Why is it that this same exact rain would be "interesting" if I was watching it fall just outside our lake house windows instead? I need to get to Lake Anna...and soon. The weather will clear this weekend and maybe we can get in a couple of Lake Anna's famously beautiful sunsets...

If you're looking for something to do there are a few holiday type events scheduled over the next few weeks, mostly at local wineries. Lake Anna Buzz is a good place to start if you're looking for something fun.

There's also a popular Bass tournament starting this weekend. The Big Bucks Bass Series: Lake Anna Open Team/Individual Bass Tournaments run Nov. 19 and 26, and Dec. 2. Call 840-6772 for details.

Also in the Lake Anna News category, there is a new commercial development in the planning stages at the junction of Route 3, U.S. 522 and Lover's Lane. Coming from Northern Virginia, we call that the "back way" used frequently to avoid the dreaded I-95. The Freelance Star described the plans this way:

The Planning Commission also gave its blessing to Guinn's Crossing, an eight-acre project at the junction of Route 3, U.S. 522 and Lover's Lane. Part of the old Claude Guinn homeplace, the land being developed by Dr. Khurram Rashid will include a motel, a gas station/convenience store, a bank, a restaurant and an office building when completed.

"This location is a natural for commercial use," attorney Butch
Davies told the commission. He pointed out that Commonwealth Park (a horse show facility) is but a few miles down U.S. 522, which is also much used by LakeAnna traffic. Davies said that, as part of the proffers, the roofs of all the buildings, even the gas pump canopies, will be either hip or gabled so as to be aesthetically pleasing when viewed from the new Library of Congress Audio Visual Center located atop Mount Pony just to the east. Rezoning from residential to commercial is being requested.

Could be interesting...