Tom & Lori
Blue Ridge Mountains
2009

The gate to Little Orleans cabin

Porch sitting with Ma & Pa

Bill's Place, the ONLY place in Little Orleans

Belly up to Bill's bar

Bowling at Bill's

Historic Western Maryland Railroad

Toll bridge to West Virginia

Paw Paw tunnel on the C&O tow path

Passage through the tunnel

Lori on the C&O

Refreshments at Bill's

Cutting oak for smoking the pork

Cooking at the old homestead

Stirring the beans

Bike love

Ready for the ride to Hancock

Going nowhere fast

At Lock 56

Cast iron nachos

Leaving Little Orleans

Crossing Mattie's Ford to get to the Vining Cabin

Hiking in with our stuff

A classic cabin

Happy hour on the porch

Foot bridge to the cabin

Andy's overlook of Mutton Hollow

Saddle-sore Lori retreats to her tried & true exercise method

Tom carrying in the night's provisions after a 40 minute mountain climb on his bike

Nearby pasture resident

The homesteaders

No other breakfast than pancakes in the Log Cabin

Fierce mountain thunderstorm

Tom and his make shift fishing pole & shrimp for bait

The old fishin' hole

Instant success

Another memorable happy hour

Our introduction to hydrofoiling at Lake Anna

Steve in action

Yet another flip, twist and turn

Lise in action

Incredible footage of Steve & a fellow-foiler in action

"I'm gonna try this?"

With marginal success

Tom gets coaching from Lise

Tom on the hydrofoil

Steve and the beast

Steve on one last slalom to end the afternoon

The end of a fun afternoon & our vacation :-(