This past weekend was our first camping trip with Otter. A group from our Cub Scout Pack went to the Virginia Creeper to camp and bicycle. We drove up on Friday evening and finally found the place in the wee hours of Saturday morning (long story). We finally got to sleep and spent our first night in a tent with an infant. She did remarkably well and only briefly woke twice (just to find her paci).
Then after breakfast Saturday morning the group that was going to ride on the Virginia Creeper Trail got gathered and headed for the trail. Joe and Bubba rode with the others from the campground to the trail. Butch, Otter and I rode in the van. Butch decided at the last minute to stay behind. He was not ready to make the trip. So after we got everyone off the three of us hiked a little over half a mile down the trail. It is a beautiful trail from what we saw. Rhododendron lined the trail some and kept it cool. When we came back from hiking we went with the others to Damascus, VA where the group was to end their trip.
Damascus is a cute little town in Virginia. There was also a car show going on in town so we were lucky to find a parking place. We unpacked the lunch stuff on a grassy area close to the train cars on display. It was a great area for a picnic and subsequent naps for some. The guys all had fun on the bike trip and Bubba was even riding the bike without training wheel (they were bent out so far that they became useless on the trail).
2 comments:
GREAT PICTURES! I CANNOT BELEIVE OTTER HAS GROWN THIS MUCH. SHE IS SO ADORABLE. I KNOW YOU GUYS HAD ALOT OF FUN.
MARY
That is a great trail. Jan and I rode the upper end of it by taking the shuttle to the top and rolling back to Damascus. There is an old car with a tree growing through it somewhere along the trail. I just wonder how it got there. I'll post my picture of it if I can find it.
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