Opening Day - 2014

President Woodrow Wilson throwing out the first ball, opening day, 1916 - Library of Congress

Play Ball!

Shenandoah Valley farm

Luray, Virginia 

This farmhouse just north of Luray does not appear to be occupied, but the fields and barns are part of a working farm. The slanting sun of a late afternoon in February casts shadows across the faded clapboards of the old house. The Blue Ridge Mountains are in the distance.

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Hobby horse

Luray, Virginia 

Last walk by the river

Shenandoah River State Park 

By early afternoon, the snow was gone, and I took one last walk along the river before hitching up the trailer and heading home.

Snow on the river

Shenandoah River State Park 

Walk on a snowy morning

Shenandoah River State Park

On the last night of my three day stay at Shenandoah River State Park in February, snow flurries were predicted for the next morning. I woke up and fixed breakfast just as snow started to filter down from the gray skies. I had planned to drive up into the mountains to visit Elizabeth Furnace, but the flurries turned into fast falling, large flakes which soon turned the ground white. Not a good day for a drive in the mountains. I grabbed the camera and went for a walk in the snow.

The Shenandoah River fades into the falling snow from Culler's Overlook

The snow fell rapidly. It had been snowing for less than an hour when this photograph was made.

 It was still snowing when I returned from my walk. My little travel trailer looked lonesome and cold, but it was warm inside. I made a nice, hot cup of tea and watched the snow fall outside the window until it was time to fix lunch.

River cabin

Shenandoah River State Park 

This one room cabin faces the Shenandoah River but is a couple of hundred yards from the river's edge. It is empty and no longer in use. This building does not  appear to be a park building; it was probably on the land before the park was formed. I cannot guess what it was used for.

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