Labor Day weekend at the lake and the falls

Cathy, Christopher and Stephanie visited with Cathy's parents, Hugh and Dolores, at Deep Creek Lake, Md., over Labor Day weekend.

Cathy writes:
We were fortunate to have nice cool fall-like weather so we visited some sights while we were there.


Here's a bunch of pictures. We found the llamas hanging out near Schoolhouse Earth gift shop nearby. We did some shopping there too.

Mom wanted to find some of the barns on the "Barn Quilt Tour" that is available in Garrett County. There are about a half-dozen barns in the vicinity that have replica quilt squares on them of various quilt patterns. Mom and Dad have sponsored a new one that should be completed later this fall.

Of course no visit to the Lake is complete without seeing the whale (a big climb-on sculpture behind the Uno restaurant). They have also added giant deck chairs in back of Uno's since we were last there. The kids thought they were a lot of fun.

On Sunday we went to Muddy Creek Falls & Swallow Falls. There was an apple butter festival going on that day. Chris & Stephanie had a blast climbing around on all the rocks. As you can see the water level was quite low.

All in all it was a delightful yet brief trip. We look forward to going again many more times.