What I did on my Summer Vacation
Posted on August 26, 2012
When I was a child, I spent my summers in a tiny down called Denmark in the state of South Carolina. And that probably explains how Last Chance, South Carolina came to exist — at least in my fertile imagination.
But this year, I didn’t go to South Carolina. I headed for the southwestern corner of Virginia and the Allegheny highlands. And I would have posted all these photos last week as my vacation unfolded, except that I was so off the grid that I not only didn’t have internet, I didn’t even have cell phone service.
Day One: Setting up Camp in Douthat State Park
Our Home away from home
Day Two: It rained. So fishing was put off and we went exploring in the truck. The DH had a blast driving on all those barely paved, muddy roads. We definitely got some mud on the tires. And we saw some awesome scenery.
Let's get a little mud on the tires.
Small Town - Rainy Sunday
Falling Springs Falls -- George Washington was here...
The Humpback bridge
Day Three: The DH went fishin’. I sat in a lawn chair and caught up on my TBR file. Photos of me reading are boring, but the DH looked very nice in that beautiful sweater hand knit by yours truly.
The DH messing with fishing line. Please note the beautiful hand-knit sweater.
Day Four: We spent the day in the canoe and there are no photos because I left the waterproof camera dohicky at home.
Day Five: We took a six mile hike to a waterfall. Not as spectacular as the Falling Spring falls, but situated in a forest of rhododendrons that were so tall you had to walk under them.
Rhododendron Forest -- Douthat State Park Virginia
Small Waterfall
Long, hot hike, icy cold water, pretty pink nails
Day Six: The day dawned perfect and clear. The DH went fishing and left me to laze in bed. I awoke to this view.
The view from my window
After lazing around most of the day I got my act together and made an apple cobbler for dessert. This was cooked in a dutch oven over charcoal. Can you say “pioneer woman!”
Apple cobbler in the pot.
Day Seven: The DH had finally had enough of fishing . . . Okay I convinced him that he needed to diversify his activities. So we went antiquing in Lexington, VA. A lovely little town and the home to both Washington and Lee University and Virginia Military Institute.
Lexington, VA
Day Eight: We struck camp, loaded the canoe on the truck, and folded up the camper and headed for home.
Loading the truck
