vacation pics

all right, it's been a lot longer than i thought, but we moved a week ago and it was just the other day that we finally found the camera and all the cords necessary to download pictures. warning, this is a long post :)

so here it is. we began our trip with a laugh in promised land. yes, this is promised land, pa. dear lord, there is not much there, but there is this handy fuel stop!

when we arrived in virginia, we went straight to luray caverns. they are astonishing. this here is "dream lake." this is actually a reflection of the stalactites on the ceiling!


the next day we began our hike of approximately 40 miles of the appalachian trail. lee is pretending to orient us. about 3 miles in, we had a lovely picnic.

our stop for the night: lewis mountain cabins.

hiking the appalachian trail day 2--off for big meadows lodge!

big meadows lodge itself was wonderful, and we had a nice meal in the dining room. then we reposed in the sun room after dinner and played a game of checkers. the only bummer was that they are redoing the porch, so we couldn't sit outside--the porch wraps around this beautiful room. but we did manage to see a great sunset.


hiking the appalachian trail day 3--skyland resort or bust!


and then we capped off the evening with a slice of virginia blackberry ice cream pie (topped with meringue) and then another wonderful sunset.

hiking the appalachian trail day 4--canceled due to broken toe. instead, lee drove me around. here i am with our binoculars, the very same ones we believe we left in the rental car :(

and then driving around through beautiful virginia farm country for the next day and a half and wine tasting.


a good vacation, overall :)