We vacationed for a week with our oldest and his family in the Shenandoah Valley (Appalachian Mountains) in Virginia. The terrain where we stay, near Basye, VA, is mountainous. Our son and family live in North Carolina and often invite us to join them on this vacation. We spent the week eating, doing jigsaw puzzles, eating, playing games, eating, reading, eating, baking, eating, and just enjoying our time. Did I mention we ate a lot? Here are a few pictures:
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| Our oldest son, his wife, and their 5 children |
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| Unpacking groceries |
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| Ray and oldest son fixing dinner |
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| A game of Apples to Apples |
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| Ray shredding beef with grand dog Rosie being quite interested |
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| A bright red tree on one of our morning walks in the Shenandoah Valley |
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| The roads were very narrow in our area. |
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| The houses in the area were built to adjust to the terrain - many had balconies hanging over valleys. |
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| Not sure if you can tell, but this house has two stories for the basement. |
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| Sometimes, well, most of the time they preferred that I not take pictures. |
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| Only one of these 5 grandchildren is still shorter than me. |
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| A beautiful sky |
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| A rainbow one afternoon through the high windows in the living room. |
One evening we had flights and floats. The flight was 6 tiny Solo cups of different root beers. Then each person was able to have a root beer float with their choice of root beer.
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| These three did the ropes course in Luray, VA, again. Last year all 5 did it. |
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| S'mores one night |
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| The fire felt good that night. |
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| We saw deer on some of our morning walks. |
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| Our youngest granddaughter baked all week. Her zucchini bread is always a favorite. |
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| Ice cream at Smiley's is a tradition |
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| By the time I took this photo, these guys were done eating. |
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| Our oldest granddaughter spent time during the week crocheting this afghan. The recipient will love it. |
The kids grow so fast - this year a 7th grader, an 8th grader, a high school sophomore, a college freshman, and a college sophomore. It was so nice to spend time and visit with our son, his wife, and each of the kids. One of these days, we probably won't be able to have all of them together for a vacation so we greatly appreciate these special times.
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| Our North Carolina grandchildren |
We all left on the same day. They headed home - I think it took them about 5 hours. We headed to Fayetteville, WV. It took us about 8 hours with stops. Once again, we drove backroads and stayed off of the interstates.
“Vacations with family are
the perfect opportunity
to reconnect and rediscover
the things that truly matter in life.”
– Steve Maraboli
What a wonderful time with your family! They'll treasure these times together as time passes by. Blessings!
ReplyDeleteBackroads are the best. Glad you had a good time with the family.
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