Exploring Virginia

You may or may not know that Paul's favorite hobby is fly fishing. He loves it! For the past two years we lived 5 minutes away from the Provo River, a dream come true for him. Since he enjoyed spending his time there so much, he thoughtfully acquired all the gear that I would need to go fishing with him. This way we could spend time together. And we did spend many afternoons and evenings fishing on the Provo River. 

Understanding this, it is only natural that one of Paul's major concerns about moving to Virginia was that he would not know where to fish or how to catch them. I was much less concerned about the matter. However, I decided to help him look for places to fish. I found a place called Cascade Falls not too far away from the area where we would be living. The description said that there is a hiking path that follows a fishable stream, and ends with a beautiful waterfall. Great! I can hike and Paul can fish. So on our first Saturday here we arose early and drove the 30 minutes to the falls.

The beginning of our hike....

Paul trying out his fishing skills and luck. Mostly skills though.

He catches his first fish in the State of Virginia! 

  

That little guy is the one of the biggest fish we saw in this small stream. 

Paul was pleasantly surprised to catch a trout. Trout are less common here in Virginia because they need cooler freshwater to survive and most of the water here is too warm. 

We followed the stream the entire time, it was beautiful.

Can you see the path we walked on?

We found a few other exciting things along the way.

I Love Raspberries!

We made it to the beautiful Cascade Falls.

We are so happy to live in such a beautiful place!