Last weekend we camped up at Seneca Shadows campground in West Virginia. We had a great time! It was especially fun getting to know some of the other Virginia friends better that we had only met at convention.
Our weather was chilly, to say the least. Days were in the 50's and nights got down into the 20's. We stayed plenty warm in our BIG flannel sleeping bag & new tent!
Peter and I arrived on Friday night around 9:30. Friday was pretty warm, so we were fortunate it was still in the low 50's when we were setting up our tent... not too bad. The rest of the crew began trickling in, and by 1:30 Saturday morning we were all there!
Saturday they had planned a hike up Seneca Rocks. I've never been a hiking type of person... I haven't ever enjoyed it, but I must say, that was the most beautiful hike I've ever been on! I loved it! :-) Grueling, yes - we hiked up a slope that was as close to vertical as you could get without requiring ropes, but man, it was worth it!
Sunday we all packed up and had meeting & a delicious lunch about 30 miles from camp at the Price's home.
Our weather was chilly, to say the least. Days were in the 50's and nights got down into the 20's. We stayed plenty warm in our BIG flannel sleeping bag & new tent!
Peter and I arrived on Friday night around 9:30. Friday was pretty warm, so we were fortunate it was still in the low 50's when we were setting up our tent... not too bad. The rest of the crew began trickling in, and by 1:30 Saturday morning we were all there!
Saturday they had planned a hike up Seneca Rocks. I've never been a hiking type of person... I haven't ever enjoyed it, but I must say, that was the most beautiful hike I've ever been on! I loved it! :-) Grueling, yes - we hiked up a slope that was as close to vertical as you could get without requiring ropes, but man, it was worth it!
Sunday we all packed up and had meeting & a delicious lunch about 30 miles from camp at the Price's home.
Words (or pictures, really) cannot describe how beautiful the East Coast is right now with all it's changing colors. You should come visit and see for yourself!!! :-)
Saturday morning breakfast. These guys know how to cook!! We had awesome hash browns, eggs and biscuits with gravy... Yummm.
Jenn, Krissa & Jania (all DC girls)
Lisa and Nate
We thought the whole hike would be like this...
...it wasn't! This was more like it... steep, rocky slope the whole way!
Just starting... Coooooold.
GORGEOUS panoramic view at the top...
Made it to the look-out platform.
Aren't these leaves pretty?!
Another panoramic facing the opposite way.
Peter at the top... He's standing on the edge of a sheer cliff - there's not much between him and the valley below except a lot of elevation!
This photo is looking between the rock that Peter is standing in front of (above)- you can see rock climbers in the distance who scaled the front of the cliff. We hiked up from the back side.
Our whole group... For everyone's names, click here and hover over their face.
Peter and I on the way down.
So picturesque...
My love...
...and me
On the bridge
See those rocks in the background?!!! That's what we just climbed up!
I wanted to pick them all and bring them home to dry... SO beautiful. The colors are so vibrant!
Seneca Rocks from where we parked the car. I can't believe we made it to the top! Rock climbers scale the front, and hikers go up the back side.
Campfire... this burned 24/7! Or rather 24/3 since we were only there 3 nights. :-) Kept us nice and toasty tho! Many a s'more were enjoyed from it's coals.
Price's home where we went for meeting & lunch.
Eric & Karina's dog, Shayla. I'm not a dog person, but Shayla is SO sweet. She's non-intrusive, doesn't jump up, hardly ever barks, doesn't lick, and just soaks up every moment of petting you'll give her.
That's all for now! The rest of our pictures from the trip are at our Picasa site. Did these convince anyone to come visit?!
6 comments:
wow that is amazing! Love the colors. We're finally getting that color here...not as cool tho.
gorgeous! but can't speed up the arrival time... sorry!
Very Beautiful. I am hoping there are still leaves on the trees at home when we go for Thanksgiving. I actually recognized 2 others in the group photo! Chris and Scott. Scotts parents and brother are good friends of mine :) His parents were at our reception...don't know if you met them.
Would love to come visit. J would love to have gone camping with all y'all!
THANKS for sharing...pictures are the next best thing to being there!!
Gramps and I might not have made it to the top :) :)
AWESOME BEAUTY in the scenery and in the faces of those dear friends!!
Is that Scott Hanks? Please tell him hello from Jon and me! He is very good friends with Jon's sister.
It looks so beautiful there! Thanks so much for sharing your photos!
Marissa,
The colors on the trail were so much like our bike ride this past weekend with Shauna....see her blog.
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