Along I-81

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A few weeks ago we journey'd down to Radford, VA to visit Shelby (Guy's youngest daughter)for Parent's weekend.On the way we stopped in one of the small towns that is along I-81 (I wish I could remember the name) for breakfast and shot these as the fog was lifting over the James River.
   I love fall in Virginia, the landscape is ever changing.

Pocohontas State Park

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Guy and I decided we had to have one more camping trip before the season ended. Problem was that I was currently out of vacation days for the year as I was banking the balance I had to use for his upcoming surgery and the Christmas season and it is a lot of work to pack up and travel just for one night so we had decided we were done for the year UNTIL........A lightbulb went off and we decided to check our what state parks were within an hour or less of my office.  Our thinking was that Guy (and Riley) could drive the camper down to the Richmond area on a Thursday and set it up, I could come down after work, spend the night and then go to work on Friday, return to the campsite after work and we would stay through the weekend.  It was perfect!  Research showed us that there are actually several within an hour of my office and so we decided we would be stay at Pocohontas State Park, in Chesterfield, only 35 minutes from work.What we didn't plan on was the rain, and there was plenty of it.  It had rained for the two days leading up to the trip but the forecast was that on Thursday it was suppose to clear out so we decided to go ahead with our plans.  Nature had other plans though and it did clear out but instead came back with a vengeance on Friday and poured buckets throughout the day and night and then on and off all day Saturday.  Instead of going home we decided to just make the best of it so we hung out in the camper, watched movies (tank goodness for the DVD player) and ventured out around the park to see what we could see in between the showers.Overall we had fun together and that is what is important. With all the rain it was very hard to get a real feeling of the park since everything was soaking wet but we will definitely take a weekend next year for another try.Since it was so wet I wasn't able to use the camera(s) very much but did get a few shots in between the raindropsOur wet and soggy campsite:

Reunion 2013

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Each October a great group of childhood friends organize and host a charity golf tournament and after golf party. I look forward to this weekend all year. It's so much fun to hang out with so many great people who I grew up with for a few days, we get to share stories, brag about out kids and now grand-kids for some, reminiscing and remembering when!The last few years I have volunteered to help set-up the morning of the golf tourney and then help check in the golfers with my HS friends Denise, Pam, the other Pam and Bridget. Once the work is done and the golfers hit the links we get to play, we grab a few golf carts and spend the day checking in with all the golfers, making sure they are having a blast and share some laughs (this is not a serious competitive tournament). This year Guy joined us and was my chauffeur for the day.9585441_orig 8669268_orig
Golf done, now it's time to party! This years after party was combined with the 35th anniversary of graduation for the class of 78 so even more friends arrived, more stories were shared and laughter was the rule of the night.4975071_origMe, Denise, Bridget and Pam9344853_origKaren "Stouts" and Me.We were having such a great time that before we knew it the party was over, but not our night, we moved out to the pool deck where we talked and laughed until 5:00 am. None of us could believe we stayed up all night, guess we aren't as old as we thought LOLWe are already counting down until next years weekend of golf and fun.