Camille and Floppy Puppy    Virginia -- 3/13/2009

Hone Quarry in the George Washington National Forest. It rained the entire time we were there. Still, we had fun. Went for a hike, saw a fox and heard lots of owls.    Virginia, George Washington National Forest -- 3/14/2009

Sylvan and his gluten free cookies.    Virginia, George Washington National Forest -- 3/14/2009

Me and Sylvan    Virginia, George Washington National Forest -- 3/14/2009

Anal Retentive About Safety

Jason was afraid of a tree falling on our tents. He searched and searched, but found no place to move the tents which was completely free from risk of tree fall. In a forest? No kidding? So Jason decided to move his car opposite the dreaded tree such that if it fell in the middle of the night, the car would stop the tree from crushing us in our sleep.    Virginia, George Washington National Forest -- 3/14/2009

Nassor, Sophia and me slacklining. Isn't it nice that the park service sets up slacklines for visitors?    Carderock, MD -- 3/17/2009

Sophia is totally in control.    Carderock, MD -- 3/17/2009

Johari and Rachel on the Billy Goat Trail. The entire trail is 6.5 miles round trip with some class 2 scrambling in the middle.    Carderock, MD -- 3/17/2009

Sophia and Nassor on the Billy Goat Trail.    Carderock, MD -- 3/17/2009

Nassor found a caterpillar. We also saw lots of ducks, geese, turkey vultures and a beautiful heron. Also, I saw loads of hawks while driving on this trip. Must be the time of year for them to be very active.    Carderock, MD -- 3/17/2009

The Dynasplint. It is either used to stretch my shoulder, or chop the heads off humans for transport to another planet.    Ithaca -- 3/18/2009