Natural Bridge Virginia
Jellystone Camp
Temps in the 60's
Making our way south, we made a pit stop at Jellystone Camp. This place is almost 9 miles off the highway and very quiet (for now that is). This park does a huge Halloween business with haunted houses and scary trails for 6 weeks before Halloween. Every weekend is a sell out. Wednesday and Thursday night the happy campers started showing up complete with oodles of Halloween blow ups, lights, spiders and webs, you name it. The music came on early along with the bonfires. Whew, glad we won't be here for Halloween!
There is not much around here, so a drive along Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park is a must. The colors are starting to dull a little, but still excellent for peeping. Skyline Drive merges right into the Blue Ridge Parkway making for a beautiful drive back to the camp.
Virginia Military Institute
VMI opened their doors on November 11, 1839. Faculty members included T.J. "Stonewall" Jackson, one of the most respected Generals of the Civil War. The faculty to student ratio of 12:1 is amazing, providing a near one on one experience. I was most impressed with the clean cut, polite cadets with their "Good Morning Mam, Sir" as they walked by. We took the Tour led by a Cadet and visited the free museum. Very nice!
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| The Gardens |
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| Navy cannons |
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| George Washington bronze statue, the 2nd oldest in the US |
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| General Jackson and his cannons-Matthew, Mark, Luke and John |
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| A Cadet's (3 of them share) room |
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| The coat General Jackson was wearing when he was shot |
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| General Jackson's portrait |
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| The Chapel. The painting depicts the battle at New Market where 10 Cadets where killed |
We enjoyed our short stay here. The pups enjoyed the car ride and long walks thru the trees and leaves. A cold snap is forecast for this weekend complete with freezing temps and snow. BRRR!
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| A giant spider web |
A portion of my time was spent trying to turn this giant knot of yarn into a tidy ball.....
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| Note..Peanut Brittle should contain peanuts! |
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| Going to miss these beautiful colored trees! |
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