What started out as a beautiful day on the island has now turned to windy and rainy – ych. The best thing you can do at this point is to kick back and dream of where you want to go on your next vacation.
So what is higher than the Niagara Falls and one of the seven natural wonders of the world?
We’ve traveled lots of places (the main reason I started this blog) but I was kicking back, looking through pictures and I came upon a few pictures of The Natural Bridge in which my family and I visited on our way back from the Smokies a couple of years ago.
The Natural Bridge is unique in that it’s 20 stories of solid rock carved by nature. It’s really awesome to see.
According to Wikipedia, The Natural Bridge (located at Natural Bridge, Virginia) was a sacred site of the Native American Monacan tribe, who believed it to be the site of a major victory over pursuing Powhatans centuries before the arrival of the white people in Virginia. What’s really neat is that it is believed to be a fact that George Washington visited as a surveyor. In 1927, they found a stone engraved with “G.W.” and a surveyors cross and so they accepted that as proof that he indeed surveyed the bridge.
Hundreds upon thousands visit The Natural Bridge every year. We hadn’t planned on stopping actually because we had so far to travel, but you know how it is on the way home, you want to get in as many sights of interest as you can despite the fact you’re tired and weary from whatever you’ve been doing in the last few days or week or whatever, but somehow adrenalin or something kicked in because we had a blast.
Here is moi standing at the entrance. Tickets include admission to Natural Bridge, Cedar Creek Nature Trail and Monacan Village, Wax & Toy Museums and Drama of Creation Show (dusk) are $18 for adults and $10 for children 5 – 12. You can buy advance tickets online here.
And here are my babies…
You actually start out by purchasing tickets in a big brick building then veer off to your right coming out and begin the trail. It’s almost as much fun getting to it than being there. Lots and lots and lots and lots of steps. That’s my son who refuses to keep up with a woman who insists on taking pictures of every single thing. But it was a beautiful walk.
And here it is in all its splendor.
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Until next time, 
Island Chick
Such pretty pictures. I’m jealous. Maybe, I’ll post a picture of smoggy Los Angeles or the crowded freeways.
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Fascinating! I’ve never heard of this place. Thanks for sharing it with us. And thanks for stopping by my blog.
Paz
An interesting looking place. It kind of reminds me of some of the rock formations in Utah although there is a lot more foliage there than in the desert country of the southwestern part of our country.
So you think the mountains around Leavenworth, WA look like the Smokies? I have never seen the Smokies but always thought they were an older range of mountains and because of that, the peaks were not at pointed as many of ours in the Cascade Range are. I’ll have to do more Internet looking at the mountain ranges you have back east.
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Beautiful pictures, and fun backstory, but one thing really stood out for me . . .
Look at the distance between brother and sister–do they hate one another or what?!