Acting like tourists

    My family came again last weekend to visit and we toured around and did some super fun things that we haven't done before.  Our plans got rained on (literally) so we had to make some spontaneous adjustments.  Even so it was still so much fun!
    We had planned to visit Shenandoah National Park.  Skyland Drive goes right through the park and is rated at the top as one of the prettiest/most scenic highways in the US.  Unfortunately we were a little ahead of the season, the trees still looked a little bare without their leaves.  We decided it was still pretty to see the true character of the trees.  Like seeing me without make-up, (wink wink).  Also in the park there are tons of hikes (the Appalachian trail runs right through there).  We planned on hiking to a few waterfalls, we didn't mind a little sprinkling rain, but then it started to pour.  Even though I wouldn't mind an adventure or the rain, Bridger does. :)
    We did go to the Luray Caverns.  The pamphlet calls them a "must see" U.S Natural Landmark and a "fairyland in stone".  They were way neat!  We took a one-hour tour and saw wondrous formations including fried eggs and the Great Stalacpipe Organ.  The organ really plays music using Stalactites (defined: a deposit, usually of calcium carbonate, shaped like an icicle, hanging from the roof of a cave or the like, and formed by the dripping of percolating calcareous water).  The formations we saw were 4,000,000 centuries in the making.  It would be really cool to be the guy that discovered that!

 Sparkling Lake

 Fried Eggs

   They also had this little museum called the Car and Carriage Caravan.  It held some fun old cars and buggies.

    That horse moves when you pull the handle bar to imitate the up down of a horse trot. 

                                      

Devin found a nice hat...

   The next day we rode bikes into DC.  What an awesome way to get our work-out in while seeing DC!  We didn't ride from our house (that would be 40 miles round-trip, quite the workout).  We drove a bit and rode from Vienna.  It was a pretty ride.  We took the WOD trail all the way in.  We rode around the Potomac River and looked at the remaining cherry blossoms, we ate lunch on the mall and stopped by the Jefferson memorial.

   Going home we rode past Arlington National Cemetery and the Iwo Jima memorial.

   This is the house we admired

We also went to the park near our house

 Bridger likes the scooter

    :)  I like being a tourist!  Thanks for coming!