Fancy Gap Cabins and Campground, Fancy Gap, Virginia
But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, . . . But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord. ~ Joshua 24:15
Carbohydrate overload! That’s what I faced today. It all began with a piece of toast at breakfast and just continued on all day from there. There was my meatloaf sandwich at lunch (two more slices of bread, in addition to the bread inside the meatloaf) – that made Blaine grimace, especially since I ate it cold. 😊
There was ziti pasta and garlic bread for dinner. And the ever-present hiking cookies, of which I had three today! Blaine was a little better off since he skipped the meatloaf.
And you wonder why we hike so much. Sometimes it’s just necessary.
The weather cleared up, so we returned to Devil’s Den. It was a wonderful, strenuous two mile hike that took us to a cave and back.
We even had an encounter with snakes in a tree. Made us think of Eve in The Garden! And here we are, at Devil’s Den! Shudder . . .
I don’t mind snakes when they’re on the ground or in an aquarium,
but I don’t particularly like knowing that they climb trees . . . .
Made even more fun by the fact that there was poison ivy around.
That’s the general area where I took the picture of the butterfly.
I left these two side-by-side so you can get a bit of perspective. The left one, no Blaine. The right, Blaine. This place was huge! No matter what I tried, I couldn’t get it all into a single picture.
I take pictures. : )
We returned to a self-proclaimed welcoming committee of one.
What a happy, friendly dog! He was even making those contented groaning sounds dogs make, and of course wagging furiously. 😊
Back home for lunch and then off to check out the trails here at the campground.
Peter Pan’s at it again. The body grows old, but the mindset and attitude do not.
It’s one of his best qualities! : )
You can’t tell from this single picture,
but I didn’t do so well.
Don’t think I ever did get off the ground. : )
Right about the middle of the picture is one that’s a little older and has back legs growing.
Most are about a month old, but that one is probably closer to three months.
By four months (average time) they will have grown into adults.
What a strange transition that must be for them!
Is God incredible or what?!?!?
Everything was fine, until suddenly, Blaine was ankle deep in quicksand!
Fortunately, he was able to backtrack and get out of it, but look at the mess!
The white dots seem to be the tadpoles taking in air,
but maybe they’re starting to try to catch something bigger than bits of algae.
And we’re done for the day. Blaine’s got boots and socks to clean up.
Oh the perils of the adventurous life!