Visit with Wayne & Rhonda

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Yes everyone we are still alive! We were visiting with Wayne and Rhonda for a few days and we were busy catching up. For those of you who don't know them, Wayne is Necia's brother and they used to live in Lindsay. They moved to Fincastle, VA about 20 years ago and have lived in their current house about a year and a half. We had a very nice visit and I got to meet their youngest son, Zach and his family. He has a lovely wife Hannah and three small children, Kelsey (7), Zeal (4), and Merritt (10 mos.). We had a great time together visiting and getting to know one another.

Rhonda unfortunately had to work some while we were so Wayne took Don and I sightseeing one day. We went to the Natural Bridge which is one of the 7 natural wonders of the world. We also went to the swinging bridge in Buchanan and saw a bunch of turtles swimming in the James River. It was very nice as you will see from the pictures and we had a good time. The next day after church we all went on a drive down the Blue Ridge Parkway. Unfortunately it was overcast that day so the views weren't as good as they could have been. The drive was very pretty and reminded us of the Natchez Trace. We were only going to stay 2 days and ended up staying 5. As you can see we had a great time and hated to leave. Wayne and Rhonda were great hosts and we told them, as well as Zachs's family, that they are welcome to come to our house any time so we can reciprocate the hospitality. The Virginia area was beautiful but very hot. Hope you like the pictures. 😊K

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Photos

Karlie & I in VA
We made it to Virginia! Mark out another State.

Wayne & Rhonda
Here is Wayne and Rhonda in the front of their house.

Hammons House
Here is the front of Wayne & Rhonda's house. They are standing in front and Don is to the left.

W&R House
This is the other side of Wayne and Rhonda's house.

Front View W&R House
This is the view from their front porch.

Hammons Gang & Don
Here is Hannah holding Merritt, Zach, Don and Wayne standing in the backyard.

Zeal & Rhonda
Zeal and Rhonda trying to "catch" the goldfish.

Zach Hammons Family
This is Zach's whole family. Kelsey, Hannah, Zeal, Zach, and Merritt. This was taken about 9pm and the kids were very tired hench Zeal's facial expression. Pretty funny.

Story Natural Bridge
This is the story of the Natural Bridge.

Don & I NB VA
This is the Natural Bridge and if you look really close at the bottom you will see mine and Don's faces.

Other Side NB VA
This is the other side of the Natural Bridge.

Wayne & Don Natural Bridge
Here is Don and Wayne standing in front of the Natural Bridge.

George Washington Initals @ NB
Supposedly inside of the white box is where George Washington carved his initials into the side of the Natural Bridge. I had a hard time seeing it but maybe some of you can see it.

Wayne & Don NB VA
Here is Wayne and Don at a cave near the Natural Brdige where they took salt-peter out of for bullets.

Turtles @ Swinging Bridge
Here are the turtles that I talked about that were swimming in the James River. These were taking a break on the log. They were all over this area. Very neat.