November is almost over

Time goes by so fast.  My sister was in town for the past week and we had so much fun!   I think I almost convinced her to stay another week :) Ok, she wanted to, but her family wanted her back, too.

Here are some photos from this past week - no comments needed!

Just a few more

November is full of good things: guests, family, holidays, events.  I haven't had the chance to take some new photos, so I'm going to post a few more from Shenandoah National Park.  Happy Thanksgiving!

Shenandoah Valley, Virginia

Well, I was on vacation again last week.  This time I stayed in Massanutten, Virginia, located in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley.  For those of you have been keeping up with the weather, yes, I was in New England during hurricane Sandy!  Didn't know what the weather would be when I made the reservations last June, but went anyway.  I got there the day before and left afterwards.  Actually, since I was in the western part of Virginia, far away from the coast, the storm wasn't as bad as what you saw on the news: lots of rain and wind, but not destructive.  I spent a couple of days of quality time in my (extremely nice) timeshare unit reading and watching HBO.

I made up for my days of rest by traveling around a lot for the next 3 days.  I took many, many photos and I tried to narrow down a selection to share with you all.  This is the best I could do :)

There's a range of photos, but a lot of them involve the main reason I went to Shenandoah - the beautiful fall colors.  Oh, and history too.  Enjoy!

Just a reminder - click on a photo to see a larger version.

Shenandoah NP - Iron Mike

Snow on Massanutten Mountain

Outside Harrisonburg

Lexington - Stonewall Jackson's home

Helpful cadet tour guide at VMI

RAT guarding the Arsenal

Stonewall and the Barracks

Washington & Lee University

Why I came to Virginia - autumn colors

Halloween in downtown Lexington

Hill behind Monticello

The nickel-view of Monticello

Mulberry Row

Ash Lawn-Highland

Michie Tavern

Foamhenge

Natural Bridge

Lace Falls

National D-Day Memorial

Poplar Forest