We've been camping in the Lynchburg, Virginia area for the past week. This is in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. So we have nice rolling hills, beautiful meadows, farm houses, pastures, barns and lots of pumpkins at roadside stands. These aren't really mountains, but they are bigger than hills, so I call them "mountainettes." You can see the real mountains in the distance when you go out driving.
The other day we went geocaching and only found two out of four caches. These Virginia caches are tough! We tromped through the woods and poked all around, but didn't find one cache that turned out to be in a hollowed out stick . . . in the middle of the woods with thousands of other sticks!!
Yesterday we went hiking at Holliday Lake State Park. We took a nice trail along side the lake and the weather was just right for hiking. Normally, this would be peak fall foliage season, but as you can see, most of the leaves are still green.
In a few days we will head down to the Asheville area for the Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair (SAFF), where we'll be camping right at the Ag Center where the festival is held. That is three days of total fiber immersion. The good thing about staying on site is that EB can take the car and go somewhere else while I am in fiber heaven! Don't worry, I'll spare you the fibery details here. You can read about SAFF -- and maybe even see pictures taken by Jeanie -- at my knitting blog, The Traveling Knitter.
