Holidays and absences [2]

Nice photo Eldo, looks quite interesting.

Back in the '50s some dude built what he called a "stalacpipe organ"

I've now got an image of some locals attending a chruch service...

Not sure If I'd want to explore a cave system personally, even with lights, walkways etc, something about them just gives me the creeps, I'd always be worried I'd take a wrong turn. I'm more of a rambling around a forest type of guy when it comes to tearing my eyes away from the TV...

It's a little ironic really, I'm from Hampshire on the Southern Coast of England, a county jam packed with History and Stunning scenery, but I've never really taken advantage of it (I don't drive, and not being a holidaying type of person by nature probably has something to do with it...), you just take things for granted, Britain is a small island in the greater scheme of things, but there is hell of lot to see...

Mrs Figg wrote:oh its a lake I thought it was stalagmites on the bottom

Even standing right in front of it, it looked like stalagmites on the bottom.  The water was that smooth and clear.

malickfan wrote:I've now got an image of some locals attending a chruch service...

Well you can rent out part of the cave to get married in, apparently.

Not sure If I'd want to explore a cave system personally, even with lights, walkways etc, something about them just gives me the creeps, I'd always be worried I'd take a wrong turn. I'm more of a rambling around a forest type of guy when it comes to tearing my eyes away from the TV...

That's certainly something I'd be worried of if I was in a cave by myself.  Luray Caverns has been pretty thoroughly shaped to welcome tourists, although it's still changing due to water seepage and in recent decades a more conservationist mindset has prevailed.  Forests are definitely cool too, although it being summer there were bugs everywhere, except in the caves, which kind of surprised me.

It's a little ironic really, I'm from Hampshire on the Southern Coast of England, a county jam packed with History and Stunning scenery, but I've never really taken advantage of it (I don't drive, and not being a holidaying type of person by nature probably has something to do with it...), you just take things for granted, Britain is a small island in the greater scheme of things, but there is hell of lot to see...

Well it was over three hours one way just to get to this park, one state over (and not even all that far into said state). But there's a ton of neat stuff practically in my back yard.  The main reason I'm familiar with most of it is having gone and seen so much stuff with my mom and brother when we were homeschooling.  I don't visit local stuff like that nearly as often anymore, for one reason or another.

Seems I'll be gone for the weekend. (You'll all miss me terribly, I'm sure.) Either way, enjoy yourselves, and I'll see you all next weeeeeeeek..

Hope its somewhere nice for something fun Blue. Have a good time and tell us all about it when you return.

Have a good one, Blue! Though you'd better be back in time for Sunday night's Game of Thrones finale!

Have fun Blue

*Edit...didn't realise how close I'm betting to 2K posts...

Thanks guys. It was gorgeous.

Eldorion wrote:Though you'd better be back in time for Sunday night's Game of Thrones finale!

I'm back now.

Blue!

'It was gorgeous.'

I hope you brought us pictures then

I am trying to avoid the Game of Thrones thread. Watching it tonight!!

Blue - we are all expecting pictures!!!

Welcome back, Blue!

Looking forward to your impressions, Lance.

Lance does impressions?

Impressions of the most recent episode of Game of Thrones, I mean.

Edit: I keep seeing Lance's new avatar and think he's THA. Where are they from, out of curiosity?

Impressions of the most recent episode of Game of Thrones, I mean- Eldo

Well thats just disappointing, I was lookng forward to his Eldo and Odo impressions

Eldorion wrote:Impressions of the most recent episode of Game of Thrones, I mean.

Edit: I keep seeing Lance's new avatar and think he's THA. Where are they from, out of curiosity?

Where are the avatars from?

yes where is it from? can you make them.

Lancebloke wrote:Where are the avatars from?

Yeah. Are they from a game or a FB app or something?

They are from an advert that comes up when you go to the avatar section on the profile page.

It's been on the avatar section as long as I've been around.

Lancebloke wrote:They are from an advert that comes up when you go to the avatar section on the profile page.

Oh wow. I don't think I'd ever even clicked on that link before, but yep, I see it there. Thanks.

Me neither.... thought it would get me to sign up for something. I am sure it probably got some of my details from somewhere though.

Thanks guys. Didn't take all that many pictures. Just a couple of the sunset.




Oh, and I made this gif.



Mostly it was just a nice quiet weekend.

I like the swinging fire pit!

So do I

Yeah, it's pretty cool. (Although any actual swinging is down to my wobbly camerawork.)