Fairy Stone State Park Reflections

 “Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: 

It must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.”

—William Faulkner

So very thankful for the beautiful State Parks we have here in Virginia.

This is from our visit to Fairy Stone State Park, Stuart Virginia.

10-22-2021

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Autumn at Claytor Lake State Park

“And all at once, summer collapsed into fall.” 

- Oscar Wilde 

Claytor Lake State Park - 10-09-2020

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Hungry Mother State Park - Lake Reflections

Learn more about how this state park got 

it's name - HERE 

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Long Branch Lake at Pipestem State Park

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“One of the things that makes you feel good is to get out into nature—go walking, go hiking, go swimming in the ocean, or wherever you live, in a river or a lake, experience the beauty of America, experience how America is such a sacred place. Everywhere you go in this land, our people have been there and they have said, “This place is sacred.” 

 ― Charles Alexander Eastman, Living in Two Worlds: The American Indian Experience  

Long Branch Lake 

Pipestem State Park 

Pipestem, West Virginia

The Lake at Hungry Mother State Park - Marion Virginia

“Rise free from care before the dawn and seek new adventures. Let noon find you at other lakes, And night find you everywhere at home... Grow wild according to thy nature.” 

 ― Henry David Thoreau

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Morning Fog at Hungry Mother State Park

"Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, 

places to play in and pray in, 

where Nature may heal and cheer 

and give strength to body and soul alike." 

 ~ John Muir

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Bluestone Lake - Hinton West Virginia

“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quite alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature. As longs as this exists, and it certainly always will, I know that then there will always be comfort for every sorrow, whatever the circumstances may be. And I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.” 

― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

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Fishing at Sunrise - Claytor Lake State Park

"The morning, which is the most memorable season of the day, is the awakening hour." 

- Henry David Thoreau

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Abbott Lake and Sharp Top Mountain - Peaks of Otter

The reason old souls enjoy spending time alone is because they never really are. 

~ Author unknown

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Lake View Splendor

“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quite alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature. As longs as this exists, and it certainly always will, I know that then there will always be comfort for every sorrow, whatever the circumstances may be. And I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.” 

 ― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

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Lake Reflections at Hungry Mother State Park

"The sky is the daily bread of the eyes." 

 ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Reflections at Hungry Mother State Park

Marion, Virginia

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Canoe Reflections

Hungry Mother State Park - Marion, VA 

The imagination is a palette of bright colors. You can use it to touch up memories — or you can use it to paint dreams. 

~ Robert Brault

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Tree Island at Hungry Mother State Park

"For last year's words 

belong to last year's language 

 And next year's words await another voice."

 T.S. Eliot

From our visit to Hungry Mother State Park in Marion, Virginia.

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The Awakening Hour

The morning, which is the most memorable season of the day, is the awakening hour. 

Henry David Thoreau

Abbott Lake at Peaks of Otter

During one of our StayCations - Hubby and I visited another spot on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
The Peaks of Otter. This is take from Abbott Lake looking toward Sharp Top Mountain - elevation 3862 ft.
More info on Peaks of Otter: HERE

There is a one mile hiking trail around the Lake.

A view from the hiking trail.

At the end of the trail, a wonderful bench to
sit on and take in all of the beauty.

Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by  going to fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.
~ Eddie Cantor

Almost Heaven

Clouds over Bluestone Lake in West Virginia. 

When they say "Almost Heaven West Virginia".... they have got it right!  It is a little piece of Heaven.

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