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• July 1: We departed a day early, just because we could.  Once again, our "little car that could" is loaded to the max.  Henry replaced the starter yesterday, and we are anxiously keeping an ear on a noise in the transmission.  But, nothing risked, nothing gained!  We made it fine, although that last 1.4 miles down the mountain from the Blue Ridge Parkway was quite something.  Click for pictures at the campground.
• July 2: Natural Bridge, VA - it's worth a visit!  Click for pictures
• July 3: Henry's birthday, celebrated as usual with 4th of July festivities.  First we went to Crabtree Falls, about 7 miles from our campsite - the highest falls in the East!   Click for pictures
• July 4: The plan was to head down to see Lin's cousins, Amy & Matt, and their baby, Libbey, this day (Hi guys!).  But unfortunately they picked up a stomach bug.  So, we turned around and headed to Uncle Jim's house on the mountain instead.  Here Lexi met Jim's two dogs, and we had a great time watching the fireworks from the golf course in Staunton.  This is the second time we have planned but failed to visit Monticello. We'll get there eventually!  Click for pictures.
• July 5: Eating day:  breakfast at Cracker Barrel, dinner (to celebrate Henry's birthday) at The Outback.  What more can we say?  Lauren also had her first experience catching fireflies, and we went for a short hike to view Natural Chimneys, near Bridgewater, VA.  The highlight of that was picking berries.
• July 6: Heading home. Click for pictures