Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Leesylvania State Park (March 2, 2012)

I always say you can't go anywhere in Virginia without stumbling upon something historical, be it Colonial or Revolutionary War or Civil War history.  We went to hike at Leesylvania (Lee's Woods, just like Pennsylvania is Penn's Woods!) State Park and once there learned that it was the site of the ancestral home of Robert E. Lee.  The trail we hiked had various spots marked and we could see the ruins of the old homestead and great views of the Potomac River.  My favorite thing about our hike was seeing Bald Eagles soaring overhead, crying their high pitched cries!  It was amazing.  I'm very glad they are our national bird and not the turkey, as Ben Franklin suggested.







Spring was beginning to show her stuff.  I loved seeing the fresh green of daffodills popping up in the deadness of the surrounding woods.  This spot was where the gardens of the estate used to be, and some of the flowers have kept coming up years and years later (again sorry for the blur).


"Pickin' up PawPaws, puttin em in our pockets!" (For Jay's step-dad, our PawPaw)

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