our last summer weekend. . .

Curt's job operates on flex time which means he gets every other Friday off. . .this is awesome!! Thursday night when he got home from work I had the car all packed and we drove to the Blue Ridge Parkway for our first camping trip(lett). It was so fun to spend the night in the woods, and then have a lazy day on Friday. We stopped in Bedford on the way home. Nothing much happening there, but we ate some good fish - gotta get those Omega 3's. Saturday was jam-packed. We started the day by walking to the farmers' market - a weekly must for us. We get all our fruits and veggies for the week. Then we went to a huge art show on the grounds of the high school:

We were very surprised at the amount and high quality of the art for sale. Definitely fun to look at everything. While we were there, Curt discovered this ginormous tree in the middle of the field. He was pretty excited about it. . .


Then we went home for a quick lunch and it was time for our afternoon adventure. . .the Lynchburg Beer and Wine Festival. We were excited about this because it was downtown and we could walk. . .and we hoped to learn about some tasty local wineries. The newspaper said there were approximately 8000 folks in attendance. . .quite a showing for our little 'burg.' We tasted a lot of bad wine - Sweet Blackberry - seriously? We should have known better. Thankfully, there were a few good ones in the mix. It was fun nonetheless and we ran into all 2 of our local friends. Yay!


You can also see the huge fountain in the background of the above picture. Somebody thought the James River needed a fountain to shoot very high. . .the Hamiltons are divided on just how high. . .Susan Ada votes 40 ft, Curt votes 100 ft. You'll just have to come visit and decide for yourself. Curt uses it to determine which way the wind is blowing every morning on his way to work. I'm sure you will hear more about the fountain in the future. And, finally, the happy couple. . .cheers to a fun weekend in Lynchburg! And cheers to baby Finnegan!! We are so happy for the Robinson's new addition!