Smith Mountain Lake

Less than 2 days after the kids got back from New England, we turned around and headed to Smith Mountain Lake for 5 days.  We had heard great things about the lake, and it was beautiful, despite the fact that it rained every single day we were there:

Swimming in the lake on a drizzly afternoon

Mini golf (in the drizzle)

Booker T. Washington's birthplace

Benji tries to ring the barn bell

He got it!

The site is a National Park - one of only 33 African American Heritage sites

View from our balcony

View, with bubbles

Homestead creamery. It's where we get our milk from - we were thrilled to find the actual farm (and the ice cream they make on the farm!)

Benji and a tiny donkey

Another tiny donkey

Cruising on the Virginia Dare

Fog on the mountains

Dam that generate's the lake's power

You can see the wheel that moves the boat here

Abby didn't realize she was color coordinating with the boat

Osprey nest

Osprey in its nest

Another osprey nest, in the national park

Feeding the carp

Pool (between the rain showers)

Lots of deer and fawns