On 29 Mar 2007 20:42:31 -0700, "Dee Dee" > wrote:

>Yes, we do live about 25-30 miles south of Winchester -- the area is
>growing like wildfire.... There are so many 'black
>biting knats" or "black biting flies" near the river that you need a
>net on your head/face, there were critters in the pool each morning;
>and any sort of grill is housing for chipmunks, squirrels, birds,
>snakes, rabbits, etc. We would hike and walk 5 miles and not see a
>car. People are coming from the north and the east and even spilling
>over into WV.
>
>I've found from living many places that no place is perfect and you
>just can't plan for everything. :-((

It is gorgeous out there, though. Good friends of ours felt the pull of that
area, bought an old historic home and renovated it into a large B&B in
Sperryville a couple of years ago, so we get out that way occasionally. There is
a stream along their back boundary, and I've noticed the bugs are pretty fierce
in the warmer months. But it is nice to relax in a place that doesn't even allow
cell phone towers.

I guess you could rig a grill of some sort, but it would have to be pretty open
in design, and you couldn't leave a top or cover on it. Or else you'd have to
roll it indoors for storage. Or invert it, and hang it from a tree... 8

-- Larry