Saturday, September 17, 2011

West Virginia, Mountain Mama!

We spent Labor Day holiday plus a few days with Brigg, Havalah, and Luke in West Virginia.  We spent 2 days down in the southern part of the state and found the language to be quite different from Morgantown:)  We were able to spend lots of time playing with Luke and visiting with Brigg and Havalah plus seeing some beautiful sights in the state.  We visited the New River Gorge National River and the Hawks Nest State Park and had a great time hiking and seeing the beatiful terrain.  Here are some of the hundred or so pictures that we took!!
Our first stop was in Milwaukie Wisconsin!
Our first morning we took a fun walk along the Monongahela River in downtown Morgantown
After Luke's nap, we got ready to go swimming!
All day Saturday we spent in southern West Virginia - at the New River Gorge area and Hawks Nest State Park.  We took a very fun hike called the Cliffside Hike and you can see from some of our pictures that we literally hiked along a cliffside with the New River down below.  This is beautiful country.  The New River bridge is the longest single arch bridge in the Western Hemisphere.
Some flags in historic Fayetteville, West Virginia
Looking so grown up at the restaurant after a very long day
Back in Morgantown the next day and finally reading stories before bed:)

We feel a bit like ancient record keepers, not knowing for sure which records (pictures) to include as there were so many!  Hope this gives you a flavor of the great time we had - thanks Brigg, Havalah, and Luke


2 comments:

Megan and Jeremy said...

I like the Tunney sign-even if they did spell your name wrong :) Looks like a great trip! Little Lu is adorable!

Kristine and Philip said...

It was great to see pictures of how Luke is growing. Your children are living in beautiful parts of the world. Virginia is lovely and what fun to visit them in their own surroundings. I can relate with your comments about ancient record keepers...of course, they had some extra help from the Lord! :)