Mountain Mama

We rented a house in West Virginia, near the Monongahela National Forest. It was called Mountain Mama. It had 4 stories - the master bedroom at the bottom, with a hot tub on the desk, then the kitchen and living room on the main level, then another bedroom and bathroom, and finally a spiral staircase to the crow's nest which contained two twin beds. The boys stayed up there and liked it a lot.

Here's a yummy and simple recipe: take a potato and slice it. Melt some butter in a dish, get some salt and pepper. Grill the slices, brushing with butter and shaking on salt and pepper. Throw some fresh sweet corn on the grill too. Mmmmm.



Here is the groundhog who lived near us. He was practically our only neighbor.



We visited lots of parks and did a lot of walking and climbing. There were streams and waterfalls, evergreens and deciduous trees, cliffs and rocks.



This is Seneca Rocks. There are climbers on the side of that cliff. We just walked around the trails.



Then we got lost, and ended up on the top of a mountain.



There was a loop trail, with lots of pretty scenery.



I think this shot is destined to become my desktop wallpaper soon. It was extremely windy at the top of the mountain, especially on top of the observation tower. The spruce around here grows with branches only on the leeward side because of the wind. There was a wind farm on US50 nearby.



While still lost, we found a stream to throw rocks in. Actually, we weren't lost. We just didn't know where we were, but the road we were on turned out to be the right road to get us home. Funny how that works sometimes.