The Kickers won 2-0, scoring two goals in the second half, one of them in the 85th minute. Pretty cool.

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None of us wanted to leave West Virginia. None of us wanted to stop being on vacation. So on the drive home we stopped for one last outing up to Humpback Rocks, off of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Total walk was 2.5 miles and 1/2 of that was straight up to the rocks. Just as we reached the summit, the wind picked up and we …

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George Washington bathed here. So have countless others. Berkeley Springs, also known as the town of Bath, is the oldest spa in America. The bubbling hot springs are a constant 74 degrees Fahrenheit. We started with a soak in the 102 degree old Roman Bath. After that experience, the waters in the outdoor pools felt …

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To celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary, we went on a mini-holiday to Berkeley Springs, WV.

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Lynchburg, VA

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Natural waterfall inside Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga. We descended an elevator 260 feet into the mountain and then followed a series of tunnels even further underground to see the falls. Overall we descended about 1000 feet underground. It was pretty cool. However, I could have done without the dramatic music they …

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Dobbins Family reunion on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga. None of the family actually lives in Tennessee. It was just a convenient–and interesting–destination. Folks came from Florida, Ohio, Washington state, Texas, Illinois and Virginia.

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On the road to a family reunion in Chattanooga, TN. We stopped overnight in Abingdon. I no longer recall why Sam made that face. Maybe because I told her she couldn’t climb on the antique buggy.

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It was supposed to be a gentle walk of about 2.2 miles for me to try out my new hiking boots (thanks, Mom!) but we miscalculated and misremembered and it turned out to be a moderately hilly walk of 4.9 miles that we started rather late. Oops. But the boots are great. Yay!

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