Weekend in Charlottesville

Spent the last weekend in Charlottesville with Lynn while the kids spent the weekend with the grandparents. Forgot how much fun it can be doing things on your own time schedule and with someone who isn't going to throw a tantrum in the middle of dinner. Didn't really have anything planned to do while we were there but ended up going to a few wineries, Monticello, and Crabtree Falls in the GW National Forest.

Monticello was pretty cool because we had a great tour guide that actually made the place come to life instead of pointing to furniture and saying "Jefferson sat there".


Crabtree Falls was more than I expected and with the nice weather it was a pretty good hike. The falls are actually the biggest falls this side of the Mississippi, but its a tiered falls so its not one continuous fall. Basically its a river that runs straight down the mountain.

The only bad part of the hike is that my kne really lit up after the hike. Great, a simple hike and I feel the pain. Made an appointment to see the doctor again as soon as I got back. Time for some PT.



Lastly, found out that my wife has done more offroading in my Jeep than I have. Mentioning that we should of brought the Jeep to get to some of the wineries (pretty spooky in a car) my wife tells me about how she took the Jeep out the back way of the Stokesville campground when I was doing the SM100... Ugh, I know I haven't offroaded, but she's done more than me... :(