When Jack was younger, a friend was telling us about their vacation. Jack looked at me and asked, "Mom, what's a vacation?" Our poor kids!! Well, we finally got to go on our first real week long vacation! We rented a house in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia with our friends, the Shareks.
All the kids before we went to church in Front Royal, VA. It'a always a pleasure to worship with God's family in different parts of the US!
The deer were quite friendly in the Shenandoah National Park!
Jer and Heather watched Max and Sam for us one morning while we took a hike up Old Rag Mountain (This is Bob's favorite hike) So here we are getting started on our journey.
We took plenty of drink breaks!
The views became awe inspiring.
The last quarter of the hike weaves up and over these huge boulders...it's what makes the hike so fun!
After 2 1/2 hours of hiking we made it to the summit (a new word for Jack and Emily)
Seeing the vast space from the top makes you feel like a tiny speck on the face of the earth...and the space we saw was only a tiny portion of God's creation. We have an awesome God!
We also visited the Luray Caverns. It's a one mile trail that leads you through a cave with all sorts of rock formations. We all listened to the tour on our headphones. After we left Bob said, "For thousands of years that cave was there under the earth in the dark with no other purpose but to glorify the Lord. Now God has given man the priviledge to see his beauty."
We also took several drives on Skyline Drive. Here is a view of Old Rag from Skyline. Its the furthest peak.
The kids on a hike to see some waterfalls
Max was always excited to get out of the van to get a picture!
Samuel and Madison became pretty good buddies!
And there were good times in the pool!!!
Plenty of flipping
Plenty of cannonballs
Plenty of dives
More than plenty belly flops!
And plenty smiles!!
Now our kids know what a vacation is!
The kids on a hike to see some waterfalls
Max was always excited to get out of the van to get a picture!
Samuel and Madison became pretty good buddies!
And there were good times in the pool!!!
Plenty of flipping
Plenty of cannonballs Plenty of dives
More than plenty belly flops!And plenty smiles!!
Now our kids know what a vacation is!
2 comments:
You were so close to us! Elliott and Becca got engaged at the top of Old Rag. There's a picture of them up there. I'll show you sometime. I get scared at the boulders because of the crevasses in between, but if Jack and Emily can do it, maybe I could. Steve and I were in Colorado--Rocky Mt. National Park--from Aug 12-19. So is that when you were here? Anyway, great pictures, and I'm glad you had a lot of fun together :). <3
We were in Basye, VA in April with my whole family. I remember seeing signs for the Luray Caverns. We must have been in the same area. :) Looks like you guys had a great time!!!
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