Natural Bridge and Old Friends

My Autumn travels continue with a day trip to Natural Bridge, Va. This day my dear friend Cathy (friends now for 52! years) and I took a picnic to Natural Bridge. My! This wonder of God's creation is beautiful! Below is the front entrance. I appreciate how they provided chairs so folks can just sit a while and marvel at the magnificence. A camera cannot capture how truly awesome a sight this is.... After you walk under the Bridge, you look behind at the misty ethereal view shown below. The arch is 215 feet high and spans 90 feet. George Washington surveyed this area in 1750. Thomas Jefferson purchased the property from King George the third in 1774 for twenty shillings. More benches line the back of the walkway pictured below. You can sit and catch your breath as you praise God for such wonder... There's a cave to explore where ammunition was made during the civil war. Earth from this cave was mined for the bird and bat droppings it contained and used to make gunpowder..