Sunday, August 12, 2007

Daddy-Daughter Trip - Day 2

We woke up and had breakfast in the hotel - then we were on our way [0825]! When we were driving, we saw pretty mountains and we went over many big bridges (under them were beautiful rivers)!!! We got into West Virginia around noon and stopped at the Welcome Center for information. They told us about the State Fair nearby - maybe we can go! Next, we drove to the New River Gorge Park and looked around. After we got our Junior Ranger workbooks at the Sandstone visitors center, we started looking for campsites. We finally found one [Chestnut Creek] and started to put up tents and put our stuff away. Daddy drove us down to the Canyon Rim visitors center so we could go on a nature walk with the park rangers. It was called "Kids Nature Hike Adventure" and we had a fun time. We didn't see any ticks... Next we had dinner at the campsite. We ate hot dogs, peas and corn that Daddy cooked on our new camp stove. We drove down into the New River Gorge near the big bridge after it got dark. We saw some deer. Then we went back to the campground. Earlier today we bought a big tarp at Walmart and we laid it out in a big field so we could watch the shooting stars [Perseid Meteor Shower]. We saw lots of stars and made lots of wishes. It was beautiful!!! Then we went back to our tent and went to bed.