Blackwater Falls

Just a few more photos from our trip to Blackwater Falls...

I took so many pictures, I couldn't help sharing a few more!

Ah, how I'd rather be out in that gorgeous weather instead of stuck inside this office all day...

PS -- A separate post on our Dolly Sods hike is on its way, too :)

Scenes from the Weekend

Memorial Day Weekend Edition!

On Friday after work, Brett and I hit the road to head down to West Virginia for a nice 3 day weekend of camping, hiking, and enjoying the great outdoors.  And it was perfect!

Friday:

We arrived right as the sun was setting - perfect timing!

We lucked out in getting one of the last campsites right down the road from Blackwater Falls.

Once our little home for the weekend was all set up, we headed into town for some burritos,

then returned to our campsite for some s'mores and relaxing by the fire! 

Saturday:

Stepped out of our tent in the morning to be greeted by glorious weather

Brett picked me a pretty flower on our way out of the campground :)

After Brett did a little mountain biking in the morning,

we headed into Blackwater Falls State Park to check out some awesome views

 The Blackwater River from high above

Headed into a nearby town for dinner at the Purple Fiddle

Glorious weather for beers and food (the cute pig was our "table number") on their patio

We saw an accurate depiction of our future family via some bear statues...

Me with ice cream, Brett with beer, and 2 little kiddies - perfect! ;)

And of course we had to hit up the local brewery: Mountain State Brewing Co

where we danced the night away to a live band - fun times!

Sunday:

We did a huge hike at Dolly Sods and it was so awesome!

We had the most glorious weather all weekend long - perfect hiking weather!

This area was so cool and different than most terrain on the east coast

After our hike, we had dinner at a local pizza place in town that had cool signs all over the walls

And made it back to our campsite just as the sun was setting over the hills

And then it was time for more s'mores! :)

Monday:

I did some light reading/note taking while Brett went on a short mountain biking ride in the morning

Then we packed up our campsite and hit the road to head home, 

but not without a visit to Deep Creek Lake along the way...

We stopped for lunch at another location of Mountain State Brewing Co

and had great views while we dined on patio

We headed down to the lake and stumbled upon an awesome bar with really cheap drinks!

...Where we proceed to spend the next 4 hours just relaxing, drinking, and taking in the lake views

And then eventually we had to head home...

What a perfect little getaway!

I couldn't have asked for a better way to spend our nice long 3 day weekend!*

Camping Mini Movie

Hello & happy Friday!*

We are soooo close to the weekend!  What are your plans?  Tomorrow, my family is throwing my Grandma a surprise party for her 80th birthday.  I feel pretty confident talking about it here because I'm prettttty sure my Grandma does not use the internet.  So our cover is definitely not blown.

So last week, I made a little video of our camping trip.  But then an insane storm blew through and we lost internet, so I couldn't upload it.  Well, here we are... a week later and Comcast finally decided to show up to fix the internet.  The first thing I did was upload my video.



Ah, we had so much fun on this trip.  West Virginia often gets a bad rep, with people thinking all that's there is a bunch of crazy hillbillies running around.  But West Virginia is actually an extremely beautiful place.  I count myself very fortunate to live so close to such beauty.

Speaking of West Virginia, I think we might head down there to go rock climbing on Sunday.  That is... if we aren't super hungover from my Grandma's big bad crazy birthday party... ;)

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!*

Camping at Blackwater Falls

I know I am posting my camping weekend recap over a week late... bear with me.  We had a crazy storm Friday night and have been without internet since!  Better late than never, right?  

As I mentioned earlier, last weekend Brett and I set out for a camping adventure with Lee & Jess at Blackwater Falls State Park.  This place was beautiful.  Our Friday evening run in with a gorgeous sunflower field was only the start of a really amazing and fun weekend.    

We spent the days biking, hiking, and taking in the gorgeous scenery.  And spent the nights building campfires, making s'mores, and drinking lots of delicious beers.  We were outside for 3 days straight and I wouldn't have it any other way.  I can't wait until our next camping adventure!