And now, the pictures that accompany my last post (it was getting so long, I didn't want to add anything to it)...
The vacation hovel in WV (that's me and AS on the porch!):
A shrine to the victims of the mining disaster:
Random beautiful hills in WV:
A view from Skyline Drive, VA:
A fearless deer on Skyline:
Part of the fancy hotel suite in DC (one of the only pics we got in the city, LOL):
Chesapeake Beach, MD (a view of our hotel from the pier):
Random statues at night in Annapolis near a temporary boat show (none of our other pics from Annapolis really came out, so here you go):
Skyline of Baltimore, MD:
View of Fells Point, a picturesque neighborhood of Baltimore, from the water taxi:
A church in Baltimore:
A closer look at Fells Point:
There were so many things I didn't get a picture of, because sometimes when I'm really drinking something in, the last thing I think to do is get out my camera. But this is a pretty good sampling of our trip, I think.
Photo essay
October 17th, 2008 at 05:49 am
October 17th, 2008 at 06:29 am 1224221375
Sounds and looks like you had a great trip!
October 17th, 2008 at 01:20 pm 1224246031
October 17th, 2008 at 01:45 pm 1224247552
Wow, what a great trip! Love the fact that you were able to go from rural to urban all in the same trip! And I vacationed in a similar hovel though ours was the family homestead farmhouse in Michigan and there weren't any mountains!
October 17th, 2008 at 02:27 pm 1224250026
October 17th, 2008 at 05:10 pm 1224259833
You should have seen some of the WV mountains we drove over--absolutely breathtaking views of the colors, but we were on precarious, steep 2-lane roads with no shoulder, so I couldn't stop and get a picture.
I would absolutely recommend any of the places we visited--they all had great, unique qualities, and I was glad I got to have so many contrasting experiences, because it played up all the different high points of each place.
Gamecock, I agree. Though I've become very much a city girl in temperament, I still love the country, and WV has my kind of landscape--dramatic rolling hills, mountains and valleys, coated in trees, dotted with barns, animals and fences.