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.
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| Shenandoah NP - Iron Mike |
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| Snow on Massanutten Mountain |
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| Outside Harrisonburg |
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| Lexington - Stonewall Jackson's home |
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| Helpful cadet tour guide at VMI |
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| RAT guarding the Arsenal |
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| Stonewall and the Barracks |
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| Washington & Lee University |
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| Why I came to Virginia - autumn colors |
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| Halloween in downtown Lexington |
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| Hill behind Monticello |
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| The nickel-view of Monticello |
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| Mulberry Row |
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| Ash Lawn-Highland |
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| Michie Tavern |
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| Foamhenge |
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| Natural Bridge |
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| Lace Falls |
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| National D-Day Memorial |
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| Poplar Forest |
Waiting for those photos...
ReplyDeleteWow, that was brave of you to face the storm!
Those photos were worth the wait!
ReplyDeleteI also love fall colors (here in Israel we also don't see them).
When I was in Philly in the fall several years ago, people couldn't understand why I was always photographing trees....!
What is Foamhenge?
ReplyDeleteFoamhenge was built as an April Fool’s prank in 2004 on the property of Natural Bridge by Mark Cline and his Enchanted crew. It's an exact replica of Stonehenge made out of giant styrofoam blocks.
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