We headed down to ole Virginia this weekend to meet up with L and D at a nice little cottage near the half way point between our respective cities.
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It was a lot of Fun, we brought our dogs and babies... both had fun swimming in the cool clear water..
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Here she is lil sycamore cottage...
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We caught some fish.. here is Evie with her first Fish kiss.
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There was lots of wildlife too! like geese, and an Eastern Dobsonfly (below)
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Evie and Demian loved the hula hoop, although only Roxanne mastered the technique.
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Here we are porch sittin.. a popular activity..
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Noodle Fencing was another popular activity.
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Evie and Miles rekindled their friendship.
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We caught a few fish as I mentioned earlier, this was the biggest I caught.
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The country side was very pretty.
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Our poor party pool leaked, but we just swam in the river.
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Check out the crawdad below our stairs
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Indoor scenes...
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We took a trip to "the falls of Dismal" or Dismal Falls.... Dismal indeed..
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I jumped off and hurt my butt in the 6 feet deep water... ouch
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It was a long drive, but a nice afternoon activity.
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We bought an Amish pie. Not as good as you would expect... although we should have known the Amish might not be that good at making coconut pie.
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Lots of eating fun was had.
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Here we are!!
2 comments:
Great trip! I wish we were still there stroking that lady Dobson fly!
I love the picture where Evie is pecking the kiss. Miss you guys
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