Virginia State Fair 2017

I WENT TO THE FAIR! I felt like a kid again! I went with my friend Susan, her daughters, and one of their friends and had a ball! Corn dogs, and funnel cake, and rides, and games OH MY! We missed the animals and giant pumpkins, but that just means I’ll have to go next year!

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Not only was the moon full and beautiful that night, but I later learned it was the Harvest Moon.

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This is my favorite shot of the night. It is everything that captures the fair for me. Games, food, and neon lights!

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Getting to know Virginia – Westmoreland Park take II

Because I missed a trip to Fossil Beach the last time I went to this park, I had to make another trip! I took a Friday off from work to hopefully avoid the crowds and there was hardly anyone there.

The trail was very nicely kept up through a forest of lots of different trees.

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Looks like this one was struck by lightning.

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A ghostly tree!

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Finally made it to the beach!

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But some of it was closed because of erosion. I have no doubt that is where all of the cool fossilized sharks teeth are, but I obeyed the law and kept my distance.

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I knew that the trail was going to be about 1.5 miles round trip, but what I didn’t know was that there was a really steep hill. The way down wasn’t so bad, but the way up was a little tough. You can’t really tell from this angle, but that is a hill. I should have taken it from the bottom looking up, but this is the top, looking down.

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I didn’t go in the visitors center, but there is a huge field behind it where you can view the Potomac River.

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Went back to the other beach to look for more sea glass, and it looked like a whole different park. There were maybe two people there, as opposed to the 200+ the last time I was there!

While I did find one small piece of sea glass, but no fossils, it was still a very nice day!

Getting to know Virginia – Farmville

Me and the fam took a drive about an hour west to Farmville several weeks ago. I accidentally drove us through the town on our way somewhere else and vowed to go back, so we did! I did research and there is a really nice, long trail through the High Bridge Trail State Park where there are several places to view the Appomattox River. But its over 30 miles long…not exactly a trail you can do on a whim. So we just walked around the furniture store a bit, drove through town, then headed back home.

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Giant bellow!

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Several buildings had murals painted on the sides.

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