Photo TR: Labor Day Weekend in Virginia

[Coaster Palooza]

Hi everyone,

 

We went to Virginia over Labor Day weekend to visit Gyendolynne’s parents. While we were there we went to Luray Caverns, drove by Shenandoah National Park, paddled the canoes on Ni River Reservoir (from Dave & Sue’s backyard) and we went to Carrabba’s for the first time. Other than that, we hung out, BBQ’d and enjoyed our visit.

 

There will be a couple of pages of pictures.

You can see the wood to the left of us.

There was an island there where some people camped.

We hooked up and rowed together for a little bit.

After some paddling, it is just nice to steer.

Dave paddling away.

A picture of one of the coves.

We are off and so far, so good, we stayed dry.

Now, onto our Canoe trip around the reservoir. First we had to get our canoes in the water.

MMMM...Dinnner is served!

Dave has a great collection of beer steins. I chose this one for Wally.

Some rib-eyes for dinner. Are you getting hungry Wally?

A drive by Shenandoah National Park on the way home.

Many different modes of transportation throughout this museum.

We headed over to the car museum after the tour of the caverns.

The final underground pool.

The four of us at the end of the tour.

There is an organ connected to the stalactites. The stalactites are used as the organs pipes.

This was taken while looking straight up! Not a place to be if there is an earthquake.

Another shot of the caverns

Rick in front of the "curtain" this thing was huge!

Another underground pool.

This is a better pic of what was behind Gyendolynne.

Geyndolynne in front of the last stalactite that has fallen in the caverns.

Rick in front of some stalactites

The world's dirtiest teeth

There are underground pools of water. They look really deep, but that is actually the reflection above.

Main area when you go down the steps into the cavern, the pictures don't do it justice to how big this really is!

It is a National Landmark!

We made it here

We found this funny that Antique tables were made DAILY!

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Pictures continued.

There was a sign that said "Stay at least 5 feet away from the monkees." I got this pic from a distance. The monkees were roaming free!

Plenty of turtles and catfish

We stopped by the National Zoo before we left on Tuesday.

Dave, that isn't wine....

Looking forward to the dinner

Gyendolynne giving the "Where's Waldo" impersonation.

I don't know if you made it here yet, Robb. This pic of the proprietor is for you though. It isn't in Denver, but it is in Fredericksburg.

We made it to Carrabba's for the first time.

I thought I could help him out.

Tommy the cat decided that Monday wasn't supposed to be Labor Day, but relaxing day.

It takes around 3 hours to mow the lawn.

Gyendolynne helping her dad mow the lawn. They have a very big property.

Ready for a great dinner.

The end of a day of canoeing

This is a great seafood restaurant in Stafford Virginia.

Made it back.

I'm still dry and smiling about it.

This is one of the 2 beaver dams on this reservoir.

Look close, this bird was on top of the beaver dam that is in the next picture.

A little rougher in this one.

The water was like glass in the shot.

A random shot of a toad. Gyendolynne almost stepped on it.

[Meteornotes]

Luray Caverns is really cool. We visited last year. It's difficult to take pictures in there that really do the place justice, as the lighting is off. It's something everyone needs to see for themselves...

 

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[PhishyBrewer]

I always liked taking trips to vagina… I mean Virginia.

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^What did you think about the beer stein?

[PhishyBrewer]

^What did you think about the beer stein?

 

I saw that... yeah it's nice. Is he in the Anheuser-Busch Stein Collectors Club?

 

http://www.budshop.com/budshop/collectors.aspx?content=HOME

 

I wanted to start collecting steins at one point, but they can get so expensive.