NOVA

NOVA - or Northern Virginia, is where my sister and her husband Greg live - the next stop on this crazy tour.  We arrived at Bull Run Regional Park March 10th.  It is a huge, beautiful park about 25 minutes from my sister's home.  It is set well off the road and has some interesting amenities - including a skeet shooting range.  And yes, they shoot from 9am to 6pm almost non-stop and yes, you can hear it.  But, it is such a nice park that we didn't mind.

We got the 5th wheel parked and leveled after a bit and began our adventure here.  On Friday we drove to the Washington DC LDS Temple, where we were married 40 years ago this June.  It was a pleasant and somewhat nostalgic day...

On Friday afternoon, after returning from the temple, we went for a hike/walk on a portion of the 17 mile trail that is part of the park.  It is a well defined, mostly dirt, but with some boardwalk, trail that follows Bull Run and Cub Run - the names of the two rivers that lend their names to the area. Anyone who knows me knows that "hike" is not my favorite word - so I offer photographic evidence that I actually did make this 3.5 mile hike "Into the Woods" and "Out of the Woods" and "Home before dark!"

One of the marvels of this trail includes huge trees that are undercut by the water.  We took several pictures, but this one was especially amazing.  To me, this was Nature's Art - truly amazing - as this tree clings to the banks in it's likely, futile attempt to not be swept away...

And last but not least - a little video of the stream as it flowed... just peaceful and pretty...