More adventures with Granny and Granddaddy

Jeni had the great idea that today would be a good day to go to Great Falls State Park for a picnic.  I was a bit skeptical with the cool, rainy weather lately but it turned out to be a great day.  Great Falls is a state park along the Potomac River, on the Virginia side, at the "Great Falls".  I reset the trip meter after we filled up the van at our local gas station ($57 - ouch!) and it was on 13.7 when we left the park.  As an interesting aside, there was also some kind of international picnic going on.  I don't know if it was some kind of State Department deal, or what but of the groups we could positively identify, there were Brits, Germans, Russians (or Russian speakers, anyway), Moroccans, and from what I could see of their flag, either Hungarians or Tajikistanis.  I found this great world flag reference while trying to figure that one out. 

It was maybe 1/4 mile from the car to the overlook area.  Joseph pulled me last 100 yards or so, saying "waterfall, waterfall, waterfall."

The Great Falls.  I guess great is in the eyes of the beholder.  Its ok, but it's certainly no Shoshone Falls.

We had to pull Joseph away from the overlook.  He kept running back to look at the water.

Janelle also enjoyed it.

And plenty of rocks, leaves, and trees to occupy little hands and minds.

This is interesting (at least to me).  This pole marks the high water mark, since the '30s when they started measuring.  Now, this is in the picnic area, back behind where the pictures of the falls were made, so it is way above the water.

And, eventually we got to eat.  Jeni made custom sandwiches for everybody.  Ham and cheese on wheat for her and Granny, grilled cheese for the kids, and fried bologna for me and Granddaddy.

As an interesting aside, Great Falls Park fronts on Georgetown Pike.  There are houses like this all along there.  Go down to the bottom of the Zillow page and there is a map you can move around and see the estimated value of the homes along there.