Virginia Trip
Saturday, 7/10/2010 was the Jewell Family Reunion in Shawsville, Va. I wish I would have taken more pictures- sadly, I only took one. Lyra won the Youngest Person in Attendance award- she got one of Aunt Barbara’s GORGEOUS blankets! (We won last time, too, with Savvy!)
I took a picture of Lyra with Carl Tarpley (married Etta Mae Jewell?)- he won the Oldest Person in Attendance award.
After leaving the reunion we headed to Luray, Va for two nights. We rented a cabin for Saturday & Sunday nights. We got up there Saturday evening & ate it a fabulous Mexican restaurant for dinner. On Sunday we went to Luray Caverns, the Car & Carriage Museum and went to the 45 minute evening concert at the Luray Singing Tower. We missed some things so we’ll probably go back after the next reunion & do the history museum, the garden maze, zoo, etc.
On the way back to our cabin after the Luray Singing Tower, a black bear ran in front of our van! It was dusk & she/he was heading towards the river, probably for an evening snack. For the rest of the time we had the kids play up on the deck and not out in the yard. Pretty cool to see one out in nature though- not at a zoo, etc.
Reflection in the underground lake!
Luray Singing Tower
At the Singing Tower concert.
Nathan loved this $2.99 plastic sword we got him at Luray Caverns.
We left Luray, Va on Monday morning and headed down to Buena Vista, Va where Kip’s Mom’s family lives. We stopped for a visit with Kip’s Aunt Dotoozie (his Mother’s sister).
