The Scharer Family Celebrates 13th Wedding Aniversary (August 6)
Animals, Hotel, and Cave Trip in the Shenandoah Valley

Natural Bridge Zoo (August 4, 2007)

Max outside of Natural Bridge Zoo	Max and the Potbellied Pig	Baby goats
Max viewing the baby camels	Daddy feeding the baby camels	Elephant
Nicholas and the deer	Family and Giraffe	Giraffe detail
Watching the elephant in the shade	Food dispensers were very interesting to the boys	Breaking the rules
Animal watching	Alligator enclosure	Nicholas and the yellow beaked bird
Max riding an alligator	Bear in the bath	Petting Zoo

Dinosaur Kingdom

Foam Henge	Hanging out at Dinosaur Kingdom	This soldier's war of aggression is over!
Nicholas and dinosaur	Nicholas in the giant rib cage	Daddy in the ribs
Riding dinosaurs	Giddy-up

Virginia Safari Park

Emu at Safari Park	Mommy and an emu	Mommy and the aggressive camel
Mommy and a buffalo	Mommy and a yak	Bactrian Camels
Friendly llama	Max and kanagroos	Llama boys

Hotel and Dinner in Staunton (Hampton Inn and The Depot Restaurant), August 4-5

Heading to the Hotel	Elevator ride to the pool	Evening swim at the hotel
Pre-dinner hike around Staunton	Mommy and boys on bridge	Family at The Depot Restaurant
Max at the caboose wheel	Nicholas and Max on the caboose	Max
Family post dinner	Shouting in the hotel	Nicholas relaxing
Gas station view room!!!!	8:00 AM swimming lesson	Nicholas and Mommy in the pool
Max and Mommy	Max and Mommy	Max and Mommy
Ouch! "No Diving" sign	Mommy, Max, and Nicholas	Max driving his nose
Max playing in the hotel room

Grand Caverns and Return Home (August 5, 2007)

Waiting to go into Grand Caverns	Nicholas in the cave	Nicholas
Nicholas, Mommy, and Max	Viewing the cave	Nicholas and formation
Nicholas climbing stairs	Nicholas and column	Mommy and (hiding) Max
Nicholas enjoying the cave	Exploring	Nicholas hands getting cold at the end of the tour
Max at BK Playland	Nicholas at BK Playland	Enjoying lunch
Crawling into the sunset