Natural Bridge – Wandering Dawgs

I am excited to be your host this week. The challenge is for you to show us your favorite bridge images. You can feature any kind of bridge: natural bridges, foot bridges, swinging bridges, highway bridges, stone bridges, railroad bridges, or any other kind of bridge you can think of.

I live in an area where there are many bridges. I have to cross a bridge over a creek just to leave my neighborhood. I have seen many kinds of bridges during my travels and enjoy photographing them. I hope the following bridges from our travels will give you a few ideas. I can’t wait to see your responses.

Ha’Penny Bridge across the River Liffey, Dublin, Ireland

Left to Right: Ha’Penny Bridge foot bridge across the River Liffey, Dublin, Ireland, Stone Bridge, Winterset, Iowa.

Columbia River Bridge between Washington and Oregon

Horace Wilkinson Bridge on I-10, Louisiana

Left to Right: Bridge over River Laude at Killorglin, County Kerry, Ireland; Bridge on Otter Crest Drive, Oregon.

Last week John challenged us to show Places Shaped by Water. Your responses were amazing. Thank you to everyone who joined the challenge.

I’m looking forward to seeing your bridges. Please limit your responses to no more than 10 images and be sure to tag your post with Lens-Artists and include a link back to this post.

Be sure to check back on Saturday, September 19 at noon eastern time when Ann-Christine will be our host.

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Every Day is a Gift

State 41:

Welcome to the next post in my series highlighting states we have visited throughout the years. I hope you will enjoy coming along for the ride!

I will be featuring the states alphabetically. We have not visited Vermont so the next state in my series is

Virginia

Virginia became the 10th state on June 25, 1788. The Capital is Richmond.

Scenic mountain drives, a Sunday jam session at Floyd Country Store, Claytor Lake State Park, Natural Bridge, and a movie location are a few of the places we have visited in Virginia in recent years.

There are many spectacular views along the Skyline Drive which runs through the entire length of Shenandoah National Park.

20080623Walnut-Hills-(24)Skyline-Drive — Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park

The Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia has some magnificent views and interesting rock formations.

20080623Walnut-Hills-(6) — Blue Ridge Parkway, Virginia

20080623Walnut-Hills-(9) — Blue Ridge Parkway, Virginia

20080624Blue-Ridge-Pky-(19) — Blue Ridge Parkway, Virginia

20080624Blue-Ridge-Pky-(26) — Butterfly and wildflowers along the Blue Ridge Parkway

Rocky Knob picnic area on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia

Blue Ridge Parkway from overlook at Rocky Knob Visiter's Center — Blue Ridge Parkway from overlook at Rocky Knob Visiter’s Center

The movie “Dirty Dancing” was filmed at Mountain Lake Lodge.

Before we had our fifth wheel we drove through the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel.

Listening to the Appalachian music and watching the flatfoot dancers at the Sunday oldtime music jam session at Floyd Country Store was a great way to spend a rainy afternoon.

The Floyd Country Store — Floyd Country Store in Floyd, VA

Sunday Jam Session at the Floyd Country Store

Sunday Jam Session at Floyd Country Store — These guys could really play!

Claytor Lake State Park has been a frequent camping destination since we have been RV’ing and is one of our favorite state parks with a beautiful lake, trails, and wildlife.

Deer visited the campground on our last morning at Claytor Lake — Deer in the campground at Claytor Lake

Seeing the Natural Bridge requires either a walk down many steps to a paved path or taking a shuttle drive down the hill to the beginning of the path. Either way it is worth it to see this amazing natural formation.