New River Gorge revisited

After visiting the New River Gorge Bridge by myself a couple of weeks ago, I decided that hubby and I should come back, so today was the day.  It was a bee-utiful day!  Blue sky, warm temps, and a very slight breeze.  It was a very leisurely day, with stops for breakfast and lunch, some geocaching, an emergency trip to Michael's because I forgot to pack my crocheting, and a stop at Candy Land!  Baskets of candy that would have been considered penny candy back in the day, now sold by the pound.  I found individually wrapped circus peanuts!  Can't remember the last time I had those.  and some orange slices.  Candy Land is actually located within a fruit market, and they had samples of the most wonderful jam today - Traffic Jam!  oh my, I think it has strawberries, cranberries, raspberries, and I forget what else.  Needless to say, a jar is safely packed away in the car.

It's amazing how much has changed in two and a half weeks.  Nearly all the wildflowers from that trip are now gone.  All I found were some little asters.

But the forests and trees are ablaze with color.  Naturally, the most beautiful sites are those that aren't easy to photograph as we were speeding down the highway.  Or we saw colors that would be totally awesome in different light.

The New River is famous for it's whitewater rafting, and we saw a few rafts this afternoon.  My pictures aren't great, because in addition to forgetting to pack my crocheting, I didn't bring my "real" camera!    I've never left home without my DSLR, and I don't know where my brain was this morning.  Fortunately, I keep my point 'n shoot in my purse, and it takes very good pictures, too.  But not great for distance shots.

We'll go back to the bridge tomorrow to get better pictures in the morning light.  I've also scouted out a nice walking trail for us to visit on the way home.  It feels good to be out in the world, but we probably shouldn't have made the trip.  Hubby does not have this much energy, and slept much of the way today.  It certainly wasn't the trip that I was hoping for.  I guess I need to adjust to a new reality.  I'm not ready for that yet.

but....counting my blessings......Sunny