With few real obligations last weekend, we decided to tackle some of our bucket list items and generally just enjoy the finally-fall weather. The kids had their flu shots, which we followed up with a free Harry Potter themed escape room at the library. It was pretty easy (and we finished it "significantly" more quickly than anyone else, apparently), but still fun:
From the library, we headed out to Crabtree Falls in Nelson County. We had hiked the falls last spring and enjoyed them, but had stopped before getting to the end of the trail because it was getting dark. This time we decided we would go all the way to the top (Crabtree Falls is the tallest waterfall on the East Coast):
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| Going up |
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| Abby raced ahead, but Benji stayed mostly with us |
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| From the top of the falls |
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| It was a gorgeous view at the top |
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| The kids stopped and let me take some pictures on the way back down |
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| We had to go off-trail to get this picture |
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| The kids would not join us off-trail, but when I looked up I caught this snuggle |
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| First beautiful fall foliage |
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| More pops of color |
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| You can see three levels of falls here |
After 3 hours of hiking, we were worn out but decided to press on to Harrisonburg for dinner and a corn maze by moonlight. We briefly thought we had made a mistake as everyone was hangry before dinner, but it turned out to be a wonderful evening on the farm:
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| The maze theme this year was the Wizard of Oz |
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| Every group was required to check in with the maze master and carry a tall flag |
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| About to enter the maze. We got good and lost by not using the map to start, but eventually made our way to a corner where we could orient ourselves and then use the map to get out |
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| Benji really liked the corn slide that went underground |
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| Abby liked it too |
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