Picture of the day - July 26, 2006

Looking Up

Click photo to enlarge Cheria and I recently visited the beautiful Backbone Rock National Recreation Area near Damascus, Virginia, a place we visit fairly often. It's hard to believe that a place as full of unspoiled natural beauty as Backbone Rock could exist a mere three miles from town! We spent quite some time walking around, enjoying the beautiful, rugged scenery and taking a few pictures. We're always looking for pretty, interesting and/or unusual things to photograph, and between the two of us we took several hundred pictures of Beaver Dam Creek, the Mountain Laurel blossoms that dominated the landscape, a few large boulders, a couple of colorful mushrooms, and several other things that we encountered during our hike...in other words, the same things visitors always photograph at Backbone Rock. After a fun couple of hours spent enjoying some of God's most spectacular creations, we began making our way back to the car. As we approached the parking lot, I just happened to look up and see the prettiest sight I had seen all afternoon - a magnificent blue sky filled with big, fluffy clouds that seemed to drift among the treetops. I squinted through the viewfinder and snapped today's picture, an image of the true peace and serenity that can only be found in the Creator, not His creations. Picture Of The Day Homepage | Submit a photo More Interesting Articles