A little road trip
We'll have a Q&A post next Monday, promise!
Yesterday after church, we took a little road trip to West Virginia to visit Mr. FG's sister.
As usual, I amused myself in the car by taking pictures.
She's in the region of West Virginia that's not too far from Harper's Ferry, so we saw the Potomac.
Sonia wanted me to take a picture of these clouds. So, there you go.
Look what I saw on the way! An Aldi. It was a new, high-ceiling one with windows.
The weather was really neurotic yesterday...cloudy, sunny, rainy, overcast, sunny, then cloudy, then windy. It made for some really interesting looking skies.
We saw the rest of Mr. FG's family over the holidays, but his sister is pregnant and due in January, and her hips are giving her such trouble, she can't make the drive to see us.
We snapped a few photos since I probably won't see her again until it's time for the baby to be born.
And I will be super glad to make the road trip again to meet my niece. 🙂
I think that's the last of the holiday gatherings, so things should return to normal around these parts from here on out.
I hope you had a marvelous New Year's Day!
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I am in the Winchester area and my children love the drive to Harper's Ferry. We live in a very beautiful area!
I think that's where my sister-in-law is delivering her baby, so I'll get to see your neck of the woods soon!
🙁 Makes me homesick. I lived near Charleston for 10 years.
At first, I was like, "What? Charleston is in SC!". And then I remembered there's more than one Charleston.
West Virginia has beautiful scenary. We went for the first time last summer for a baseball tournament. The kids thought it was so cool that some of the roads ran right through the mountains. I would love to go back for a vacation.
That cloud picture... the one with the sun rays shining down on that utility pole, (which looks like a cross) it's very peaceful-looking.
I love it, it's a beautiful picture, Kristen!
I like that one too. It's a little tough to take pictures out of the window of a moving car, but every now and then, one turns out nicely. =p
Thanks for the pictures! My sister-in-law lives near Harper's Ferry, so I recognize the pictures of the Potomac and the bridge. We take that drive many times a year!
That's funny that we both have sisters-in-law who live there. 🙂
Wow, a new baby will be so exciting 😉 🙂 OUr New Year's here in California was really nice and quiet...for a change 🙂 🙂 I remember Aldi's when I lived in Germany. I never even knew that it was also in the States. That's cool 🙂 Love and hugs from the ocean shores of California, Heather 😉
that area is "home" for me too ... Grew up 10 min. from there ... beautiful part of the country ... miss it ... there is both a CharlesTOWN (not far from Harpers Ferry and a CharlesTON in the middle of the state of West Virginia ...
Never been there, but it sure looks appealing x
Every summer since I was a child I go swimming in the potomac in almost the exact spot you took those pictures. I don't know why you'd want to know that, but it made me very excited!
It's fun that so many of you have been where I was yesterday. Small world. 🙂
sort of a random question..how do you pronounce Zoe's name? Is it like Zoey? Or like Joe, with a Z?
Two syllables! Although sometimes we do shorten it to one and just call her Zo.
Do you edit all of your photos, none of them, or just the ones if people? What program do use, if you use one? I love your pics and am curious. Thanks.
It depends. A lot of the time, I do a little bit of cropping, and aside from that, the most common things I adjust are the shadows and highlights. And of course, I convert things to black and white.
I use Picasa, a free program from Google. You can do a lot of good basic stuff with it!
Thanks for such a quick response - another wonderful trait of yours. I will definitely look into that program.
Picassa is awesome. I use it all the time.
we live in woodstock so you went right past our exit...=~}
Glad you came to visit West Virginia!
My husband and I visited West Virginia for the first time this fall, chasing the fall colors. It was so funny - I didn't plan to post on my blog, but my employees wanted to see the pictures. I got a lot of nice comments about it and was glad that I did it.
It was beautiful up there and we had a great time.
http://livingtheseasons.com/tag/harpers-ferry/
Nancy
(I moved my blog, that's why the address is different now)
Is that the Charlestown Aldi? After I kept reading about your love for Aldi, I decided to look up the closest one to me, and it was in Charlestown...about 20 minutes away. I've gone there a few times, and I love many things about it, but I also like the convenience of sticking closer to home (especially with 3 little ones in tow). There are also always things on my list that they don't carry, and then I have to end up going to another grocery store anyway. 🙁 You can't beat the prices, though! I'll keep going periodically, but I don't think I'll make it my regular grocery store.
I shop at that Aldi all the time! We live just a few more minutes from there--it's so exciting that you were so close 🙂