Mulberry Street

Difficult Run Supreme Court US Capitol Marine Corps War Memorial

Life around here keeps going and going.  At the end of each day I wonder what I've accomplished and at the end of each week I wonder where all the time went.  The reality of all that wondering is that I spend my time on meal prep, laundry, yard work, homework, LEGOS, video games, reading, etc, etc, etc.  I snap a few shots here and there to help me remember our goings on... In the course of two weeks I managed to back into the opening garage door and sideswipe the van door.  The damage of incident #1 was minimal and already fixed/taken care of.  The damage of incident #2 is yet to be determined.  Seriously, someone needs to take my license away.  We got new plates or "tags" as they call them in VA.  I thought the decal was fitting for our family and I decided it would help tell our black van apart from all the others.  If I had just waited another two weeks I wouldn't need tags to help me tell the van apart...  DOH! Genevieve kee...

I rode my bike for 64 miles, the equivalent to a metric century (100 kilometers).  I could not have finished the ride without Brenda and Susan.  I am so grateful we rode together and shared this experience. This was the longest I have ever sat in the saddle and I survived.  There might might be a full century (100 miles) in my future... You can see all our selfies and other pictures from the ride at the link below.  Photo credits to Susan and Brenda too!   share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AZtmrlu0Ys2T9A 9/6

We camped at Mathew's Arm campground in Shenandoah National Park.  We met Eric in Luray to watch him finish a triathlon and then drove into the park.  I love Skyline Drive.  There is nothing like it out west and I appreciate the uniqueness it has to offer.  Someday, Eric and I will hike the portion of the Appalachian Trail that runs through the park.  Someday. The campground has a great deal of milk weed and the weather offered perfect  conditions for all sorts of insects to stop by for nectar.  Genevieve loved it! I snuck in a 20 mile bike ride and learned that I am NOT in the kind of biking shape I hoped to be in at this point in the summer.  Regardless, I enjoyed the scenery at my snail's pace and took plenty of breaks to enjoy all the overlooks! We drove to an overlook to watch the sunset.  Gratefully, we timed it just right - to see the sunset, to make some funny faces, and to get back to camp...