Things I Did While Kelsey Was Being a Bridesmaid

A couple of weeks ago Kelsey was in a wedding Luray, Virginia. I was not involved in the wedding and so I had the day to kill. I had not been to Luray caverns, so I went to Luray caverns. 

And they were...

Pretty

much

what

you'd

expect.

I don't want to be flippant about a geological masterpiece- the cavern itself is amazing and the rock formations are varied and impressive. That said, it is a "show cavern" and has a poured concrete walking path that makes the tour feel sort of like playing indoor minigolf without the putter or the ball. I spent most of the time wandering around wondering about the utility of the words "stalactite" and "stalagmite" and the fact that millions of schoolchildren are forced to learn those two words and the difference between them on the off-chance that they chance upon a cavern and need an economical way to describe the mineral deposits on the ceiling and floor. Then I thought about the marginal utility of most of the words in the legal profession and I decided to stop thinking about words.

Since I finished my tour of the caverns by 10:30 AM and had until 6:00 PM to do things by myself, I went to every museum and tourist attraction in Luray.

First stop: the Pioneer Museum!

So many stoves! Old stoves! Kelsey was getting very jealous of me when I sent this picture.

And dressers and chests! Oh boy! I bet Kelsey wished she could leave her champagne and bridal party spa treatments to come see some of these.

And that was basically it for the Pioneer Museum. Then I went to the old railway station that had been turned into the Luray visitor center...

...which consisted of one room with a big train set and an older gentleman who still seemed very upset that the train stopped coming through Luray 57 years ago.

Then I went across the street to an art gallery. This was probably my favorite stop. Some of the artists were very avant-garde and I wish that I had taken more pictures of the bizarre and unsettling sculptures and paintings which occupied me for an hour or so. 

This was not the most unsettling piece of art, but it was my favorite stained glass piece.

I had tapped out every museum and public area of Luray that I could find without GPS (I had no service) around 2PM, and so I went to a McDonalds and read on my kindle for the remainder of the day. Kelsey has previously provided pictures from the actual wedding. 

Kelsey will also provide pictures from Mom's birthday up in Cumberland. I forgot to bring my new camera and was kicking myself for that. 

We also celebrated Absi's birthday the other week. I did get one good picture from that on my iphone.

Posing for pictures is for amateurs.