Shenandoah Valley & The Blue Ridge Mts.

After 3 months laid up in Deltaville ,Virginia, Water Music heads for the water again.


The 50 ton travel lift drops her in like a baby!!


There is always a lot of work getting ready to go sailing again. Unfortunately we didn't bargain for a marked deterioration of the deck caulking and spent many days in 90 degree heat and humidity cleaning out the bad spots and recaulking.



Deltaville and the surrounding area is a very beautiful part of the Chesapeake with many examples of colonial era archetecture such as this church in Deltaville itself.



Gloucester is a nearby county town with an attractive town square. Many of the old buildings were used for this quilters gathering.





To take a break from working on WM we hired a car and, with friends Anne and Steve from a catamaran called Fine Line, we headed up to the Blue Ridge mountains, made famous by John Denver, and the Shenandoah Valley.


Culpeper was a great lunch stop.


Hiking on the many trails in the Blue Ridge National Park.


At least we think we know where we are!!


The famous Appalachian Trail which runs for more than 2000 miles from Florida to Maine also runs through the Blue Ridge Park. This old rest stop is a reminder of what life was like for the early settlers.


Early missionaries followed the settlers. This remote outpost has long since been abandoned.


The local residents seem untroubled by the daily influx of visitors.




Looking southwestward down the Blue Ridge Mountains and the farming communities of the Shennandoah Valley.


View from Skyline Drive that winds its way along the whole length of the ridge.


A great weekend comes to an end.