Wet West Virginia

The first two days of our vacation were terrific. Wednesday was rather gray and wet, but we went to Dolly Sods for some hiking. We drove up and up and up because a friend told me at the top there are some relatively flat trails that suddenly open out and you can look east towards the Potomac River side or west on the other trails to the Mississippi side--it's the east coast continental divide! But we realized there would be no views for us. The top of the the mountain was wrapped in clouds.

Our lunch picnic at the top of the clouds.

 Maceo was not game for a hike, so Cassius and I left him in the car to build bear traps (?) and we walked off into the woods. It was quiet and misty and Cassius just chattttttttterrrred. It was very cute, but I did have to follow each of his steps or I'd die in hot lava and his opprobrium.

"And then, and then, step on this rock, and then come this way,
and WATCH OUT FOR THE LAVA!"

We returned home to the warmth and comfort of the house. The boys got way into playing Clue and reading their copies of Calvin and Hobbes. By the evening, the weather was nicer, and we watched a movie and ate popcorn.

Professor Plum's name elicited many giggles.

Just a lot of "Daddy, listen to this one."

The view from my bedroom.

The morning view from the deck/hot tub.