We just got back from our week and a half away in West Virginia, my dh's home state.  Visiting family is always a joyous experience but the highlight of this trip was a camping trip on the banks of the New River.  Even in the rain we had fun.

Mommaw and Poppaw took us all on an adventure to see the breathtaking views of the New River region.

DS and DD just liked the trains I think.  Every time we heard a train coming they had to see it and this was often because the train runs right along the river so while camping we saw MANY trains go by. 

I'm not sure if you can tell but ds is missing 4 teeth in that picture.  They all came out within the last three weeks!  He's saving up for a Lego set. 

At Hawk's Nest, we saw many hawks flying about while we ate lunch.  The neatest part was that we ate lunch in the lodge at the top of the mountain and the hawks were flying below us between the mountains.  That was really cool, we usually only get to see their underbellies.  We didn't get any good shots of them through the windows of the restaurant but we did later see a couple cute deer and dh was able to snap this picture of a mother and her fawn.

We saw a LOT of deer on this trip - both dead and alive.  One of the dead ones had antlers which is a new site for me because although we see live deer families a few times a year in or near our yard, they never have antlers.  And the ones I saw in WV while driving about didn't have antlers either.

Poppaw put some coins in the view finders for the kids while we were climbing around.  They loved that.   After lunch we took a tram ride down the mountain to the jetboat tour.   

 The guide brought us as far as he could safely take us to get a closer look at the famous New River Bridge.  This is the second highest vehicular bridge in the world - was the highest until 2004 - and is featured on the new West Virginia quarter.  I was much happier under it than if I'd had to go over it. 

I took the following picture of the family to prove we all made it back alive from the scarey tram ride.

On our way back to the campground we stopped to see these beautiful water falls.  This is just tucked away off the road, you could easily pass it by without even noticing.

This last one is the family on a great BIG rock that had beautiful water markings on it.  Too bad you can't see them in the picture but it did make a pretty neat family photo anyway, right there in front of the lowest part of the falls.

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Posted by MusingMom

Now these are yours, and they are beautiful! What a wonderful place to visit. My kids would really like the trains, too.

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