VA & OBX

This past weekend, we drove down to Virginia and spent a wonderful few days visiting with our relatives. On the drive down, we crossed the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (A-maz-ing...if you haven't heard of it, check out this website.) just as the sun was setting. When I first saw the bay, the water was a stunning blue- almost Carribean, or possibly ultramarine. As the sun sunk lower, it turned into a rich, deep blue. The pictures don't do it justice, but I have awesome images in my head :).

I have to say, this was probably the most spectacular sunset I've ever seen.

I love the curves of the bridge in this picture. For having been taken in a moving car, it turned out fairly well.

 Just as I thought the best was over, rays of light poured over the horizon. You can't see them too well here, but you get the idea. 

On Saturday, we took a trip to the enormous sand dunes in the Outer Banks, NC. My brothers, my cousins Lauren and Isaac and myself had an awesome time jumping down the sides of steep dunes, and Lauren and I spent some time walking around. I took a couple pictures, but most of the time, I left my camera safe in the capable hands of my mother :).

The walk up to the dunes. You can see where they begin in the distance

This picture was edited to get the colors right. Because I just wanted to snap some shots quickly, I put the camera on Program mode. I'm not too happy about the exposures, but at least I have the pictures. 

My cousin Lauren.

My brothers, cousins, and myself jumping down a dune. It was a lot steeper than it looks in this picture.

There was a gorgeous view. I had never seen anything like this in my entire life. There was a really big drop after this - you can kind of see where it begins.

Well, while I'm at it, I might as well upload some more pictures from the trip. This was part of the walkway up to the dunes. 

I have no clue what this bridge is called, but we drive over it every time we go to VA.

And this is the Delaware Memorial Bridge. Cool, huh?

I was going to stop there, but since there are already so many pictures, one more won't make a difference. This picture was an accident - I was trying to take a picture of the airport lights, but the shutter was really slow and we went over a bump right as I clicked.

Sorry about the copious amount of pictures :). Hope you liked them.