Josh starts next week. He'll be a freshman. I wonder if I'll cry. I know he won't! He's been very excited to start college. He'll be a biology major, the first leg to becoming a doctor.
On our way home from dropping Rebekah, David and I took a detour. Realizing that we were not really "needed" at home until really, Monday, we decided to visit Luray Caverns. And then, to be especially carefree, we took Skyline Drive home for a while.
The Caverns were amazing. We'd last seen them in 1989, with David's parents. I went from cavern to cavern, with that "wow..." look on my face pretty much the whole time. It was great to go with David, as he has so many geological little facts tucked into his mind. He was my personal tour guide.
The Skyline Drive was equally beautiful. We would have had to pay $15 to enter it at the Luray area, but the gaurd took pity on us, and let us go free. This was around the time he heard me tell David, "Well, we only had $12 so we'll have to do a U-turn." I'm so glad we did go. We stopped about 7 times to look and chat about what we saw. We saw
3 different kids of butterflies
a deer walking alond the road
a tiny humming birb, which we at first thought was a large bee
amazing mountain ranges
My favorite name for a view was Gooney Manor Run. Gooney Manor. Now that's a study in opposites if ever I heard one. Gooney: goofy, dumb, etc. Manor: wealthy, upper class. I though that was funny. Here's a view from Gooney Run Overlook and Signal (something?) Overlook:
What a nice detour. And the weather was lovely, 74 degrees. What a nice little outing.
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