Dave and Timmy at Set Rock Creek Falls. 

Roaring Fork Falls - a zig-zag waterfall. 

Timmy has a new friend - lizard! 

The Deer

An update on the mama doe and her twin fawns. We see them often - about once a week. They especially like the bottom of our driveway - grassy area - lots of tender niblets. Sometimes we see just the mom, sometimes another doe is with her, and other times it is her with the twins. The fawns are much bigger now, and their spots are starting to fade. They are curious and watch us, but won't let us get too close. The kids are fascinated by her their big eyes and cute white tails.

Obligatory cat picture - Dusty in the wild! 

New critter pictures! One fuzzy (yet spikey) caterpillar

Turkeys in our yard - we must have good food! 

Wild turkeys are always coming in and out of our yard. We see another group of them all the time when we are driving to school. 

This little guy showed up in our backyard. The kids and I rescued 3 turtles this summer off the road - after heavy rains. We are big turtle fans now! He is an Eastern Box Turtle.

We have lots of types of mushrooms - it is amazing. They grow wild all summer and fall long. 

Weird, but pretty. 

Slug on mushroom - ewww, gross! 

Wild growth... 

More fungus! 

Dave and Timmy ride - big trees all around! 

Gabby rides her bike - pretty fall colors at the park off the parkway. 

This view is off the Parkway. Down below - the mountain in front of the valley - is where we live! 

So many apples, so little time..... 

These were our favorites. Someone called them "banana apples" - I think they are a golden delicious variety. Each kind of apple had its own unique taste. 

Timmy tackles the King Lucious! 

Gabby shows off a King Lucious - they are huge! She is eating a Stayman apple. 

Beautiful view at the apple orchard off the Blue Ridge Parkway!! Good Apples!! 

The Apple Orchard

This weekend we drove up to the Blue Ridge Parkway. We had a picnic in a park and the kids rode bikes around the lot. Then we drove on and picked two huge bags of apples at the apple orchard. We had never tasted so many different kinds of apples! Our favorites were the reddish green stamen apples and a yellow apple nicknamed the banana apple. Very different kinds of sweet and tart. The weather was in the 70's and sunny. Dave and I looked around at the mountains, the fall trees turning colors, and then at each other--- I can't believe we live here!! It is gorgeous! I promise, I'll post pictures soon!