Introduction to Massanutten in April 2024 trip:…read more
Representing 2nd of 2 in scrapbook series from April 2024 is Market at Massanutten Station. One week after Rochester, NY total solar eclipse trip, on Thursday, April 18, 2024, my friend messaged me who has timeshares, and invited my girlfriend & I to go to Massanutten for cheap anytime between Monday & Friday, April 22-26. The group had the perhaps 4 rooms booked, but they all left Sunday or Monday. He said it would just be the two of us getting to go. I called my g/f, and figured out when we could possibly go. It was a bit last minute, we left on Wednesday & came back Friday night. I took off Thurs-Friday off work; my manager was annoyed it was kind of last minute, but it was a great trip in spite of just getting back from Rochester 2 weeks earlier.
Prior Massanutten Trip & Visit to the Market in March 2023:
We visited the Market for possible souvenir(s), but this wasn't my 1st visit to Massanutten or this market. Just over a year earlier in March 2023, that same friend with the timeshares, invited me, and it was a nice group trip. I happened to have work travel down near that way on the Monday, took off on the Tuesday & Wednesday in that case, & came back the Wednesday night. At that time, I was casually dating a woman who loved panda bears and demanded that I get her something from Massanutten since she had never been there before.
My ex-girlfriend, who I was friends with, and I were looking in the surprisingly large souvenir shop near where the indoor pool & community center is. The store was well laid out, not just with souvenirs, but also staples like snacks, drinks, coffee, & perhaps the most important staple of all, a wide variety of wines. As a whole, prices are relatively reasonable in the market, and the staff is nice. I told my ex about the woman I was dating and how she wanted something. I asked what she thought of the refrigerator magnet, and she said it's not bad and depends on how I feel about her. I was honest saying it's kind of lukewarm, and she said you're fine then. So, I went with it.
Panda Bear Lover's Reaction in May 2023:
She finally was able to make the trek up to my home in Maryland; we lived over 40 miles apart. That was when her Massanutten souvenir would be given. Ultimately, I determined from her overnight visit, she had pissed me off for several reasons plus I was 4 dates in with someone else, who I felt better about, and ended up being a girlfriend briefly in summer 2023; so it was our last date.
The thing that pissed me off relevant to Massanutten was while we were driving to dinner, and she actually said that Massanutten gift better not be some keychain. I was taken aback and was thinking refrigerator magnet was about the equivalent to keychain and thought it was ridiculous to be so demanding. So, when I gave her the fridge magnet, she half-heartedly thanked but said it was weak.
The next day she determined it wasn't working out, which I whole-heartedly agreed. In spite of the "weak fridge magnet", she grabbed it off my coffee table before heading out. So, she probably still has in her scrap-box of prior dates. For 11 months, I was annoyed by losing the fridge magnet. I even told my girlfriend about this story leading up to Massanutten trip, which she thought that woman was ridiculous.
April 2024 visit to the Market:
My g/f & I visited the market, and I ended up getting a fridge market I liked better, which is still on my fridge today.
Conclusions:
Great variety of items from staples to various souvenirs, a nice staff. In addition to the fridge magnet saga, on the 1st trip in March 2023, I also bought a Massanutten T-shirt, which I still like wearing.
