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perpetuates such old-fash- ■ ioned values as the honor code.
Once, it seemed I should never wish to venture any further afield than Warrenton and, in order to insure that I didn’t have to, I took up mail order shopping...in a big way. So big, in fact, that Lands’ End and L.L. Bean still remember me with their Christmas cards!
But times change, as do j people. My children continued f to grow up and one day I began 1 awaking to the whoosh... whoosh...whoosh of traffic on nearby U.S. 211. The inevitable had happened: a • morning exodus of commuters had begun.
When that now familiar sound invades my dream I know, without ever lifting an eyelid, that 5 a.m. has come and gone. If I hope to fit in my 30 minute run before the whole house stirs, it, is time tu get a move on!
Despite the disadvantages of commuter traffic, Rappahannock County retains the best of both worlds. Clean * air, wildlife and family values abound and, at the same time, proximity to the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area affords ' convenient access to larger cultural events and employment ; opportunities.
And for me, this translates on a personal level to educational opportunities. With children partially launched and husband , commuting to his work in - Philadelphia, it is my turn to pursue graduate studies.
I, like many county residents, am poised between life - in the fast lane of Interstate 66 and life down home in the country. A sign of the times? Certainly, but that’s a column ■ for another day. [
In the meantime, Rappahannock County approaches the turn of the century with the wolf of encroach- ' ing suburbia at the door. The • trick for local residents will be ; maintaining a delicate balancing act. *
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