Road trip to the US South

In August, 2004 we sandwiched two delicious weeks of camping between slices of our respective families. (102 pictures by Diana & Peter)

Nine hours took us down to West Virginia, our first stop Wing Haven Gardens, Charlotte, NC, closed Thursday, but Southern courtesy invited us in No, really. Don't shoot the frog; it's already dead! Bird sanctuary as well as gardens Maiden, mother, crone Peter's family reunion, Columbia, SC Cute introduction to the zoo section of this album Diana monkeys! Really. Have we lied yet? Lashes to die for Just a barcoded horse Laughing lion Two ladies from Ryga / smiling on top of a tiger Peter's cousin Emily (the one without feathers) Frank, father of Emily Visit to Boykin water-powered grist mill This is the water that powers the mill that turns the wheel.... Boykin broom maker After family, we're off camping in the Smoky Mountains Peter, making smoky and fire! No mosquitoes in our idyllic gazebo Rare five legged insect on screen eight legs ???? many legs no legs Salamander Common names for kudzu: mile-a-minute vine, and the vine that ate the South. Small stark church on the Cherokee reservation Same church, different treatment They tell us the view's fantastic The Smokies (next eight pictures) Driving the Blue Ridge Parkway The postcard shot Phun with Photoshop We're in and out of fog Call Dept of Homeland Security! Intro to floral section (next five pix) Prunella Vulgaris, Cruella de Ville's favourite Parasitic vine Herself, at end of long hike Himself Itself Tiny people; big water Striated rock Striated shroom (fun guy pix) Cinnamon cort Witch's Hat Indian Pipe Spruce Pine, North Carolina Diana, sketching What she saw Penland School, which 34 years ago introduced Diana to crafts Penland's glue art See the art? See the glue? Back of our campsite Diana (right) A day's paddle on the Shenandoah River "Morning has broken...." Peter, online and wireless in Roanoke, Virginia Intro to Luray & Linwood caverns (11 pix) Pete, thinking of rebirth Diana with assorted mites and tites Underground lake Blind trout Cavern innards (and we have 100 more we didn't show you) Diana teaching Paul Lazovick, Peter's distant cousin Richard (big) and Joshua (small) Lazovick Cindy (big) Lazovick Carversville, PA, where Diana's mum lives Brenda Meredith Brenda modelling her latest handwoven rug Picnic in the Poconos Philadelphia Museum of Art Art Brenda and Diana