More Hotspots

1. The Weston Insane Asylum (very eerie)
2. The Gondola Ride into Hawks Nest (very scary)
3. The Mystery Hole (very queasy)

Blackwater Falls

We camped not too far from here. This was my second time visiting Blackwater Falls and they were much calmer this time. The first photo is K & R falling and the second is the falls.

Coming soon

More trip photos to come...

Dolly Sods 2 with photos

Here are the bogs - very marshy! We hiked around, looked for carnivorous plants, and ate wild mountain blueberries.

Dolly Sods 2

Here are the bogs - very marshy! We hiked around, looked for carnivorous plants, and ate wild mountain blueberries.

Dolly Sods 1

1. Dolly Sods overlook
2. The wind is so strong the trees grow one-sided.
3. Me and Rach at the overlook.

Autumn Trip 08

I had a storytelling performance at the Autumn Glory Festival in Oakland Maryland on Saturday. Rachel and Kris came with and we went camping, hiking, and sightseeing afterward. Here are many photos from that trip.
1. K & R at the Fairfax stone.
2. Me pretending to be Lewis surveying for Lord Fairfax.
3. Our campsite near the Blackwater River.

Rosh Hashanah #2

Rosh Hashanah

Happy New Year! Ryan had the day off for Rosh Hashanah and came over to help cook dinner. Then all my friends came over to ring in the new year, Mo Kaplan-style. Check out my New Year's feast: challah (yes, homemade) with honey, latkes, matzoh ball soup, matzoh with gefilte fish & horseradish, chicken, chirosits, and pecan pie. There was also some leftover kugel, too. Here are some photos before guests-round-two came by.

Streetscape

These photos are of a tree in town. Shepherdstown Streetscape has begun and they are in the process of tearing up the sidewalks and digging out the trees. There was a group of elementary school children protesting and here's a sign they left in one of the trees.