http://thebamboolodge.com/thelodge ... where we're not as dirty as we look!!! Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:03:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en CLICK TO VIEW FULL SIZE http://thebamboolodge.com/thelodge/?p=106 Picking Grapes Two-year-old Abigail Tripp looks through the mass of leaves under the arbor. She eyes her target. Reaching out with one hand, she reaches into the tangle of vines and grabs. Abigail’s fingers close around a single grape, plucking it from the bunch still attached to the vine. Her face afire with excitement, she ... http://thebamboolodge.com/thelodge/?p=102 The Tripp family joined the Thomas and Jarrett families for a day at Smith Mountain Lake on Friday, August 7, 2009. (Photos by Mike Tripp) [nggallery id=4] http://thebamboolodge.com/thelodge/?p=99 Lee holds up Abi so she can touch the black bear on display at National Night Out held at Staunton Mall on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009. (Photo by Mike Tripp) http://thebamboolodge.com/thelodge/?p=96 Abi Tripp receives a bit of help from her mother, Lee Tripp, as she wants her balloon while at the Rockbridge County Fair on Saturday, July 18, 2009. (Photo by Mike Tripp/The Photo Columnist.com) [nggallery id=2] http://thebamboolodge.com/thelodge/?p=89 Abi Tripp is styling with a pair of her mom's old sunglasses on Sunday, July 5, 2009. (Photo by Mike Tripp) ------------------------------ On the first Sunday in July, Abi decided it was time to style, profile and play just like her mother. So it was that she began the day by playing with ... http://thebamboolodge.com/thelodge/?p=84 Abi gives her new sandbox a whirl on Thursday, July 2, 2009. (Photo by Mike Tripp) [nggallery id=1] http://thebamboolodge.com/thelodge/?p=78 Abi has a conversation with the ducks at Gypsy Hill Park's duck pond. ---------------------- After gathering information for Waymarks at the train station, Abi and I went to the park where she enjoyed swinging and feeding the ducks. CLICK HERE TO VIEW GALLERY http://thebamboolodge.com/thelodge/?p=70 Abi decides to take up goose herding while at Ridgeview Park in Waynesboro. ----------------------- Abi and I ventured out to Waynesboro to the park for a little Waymarking.  Happened on a turtle laying eggs while there as well as had fun when Abi decided to herd geese. CLICK HERE TO VIEW GALLERY http://thebamboolodge.com/thelodge/?p=64 This evening as Lee climbed the ladder to pick cherries, I found myself looking for something that would occupy Abi's attention and keep her from climbing the two ladders we had under the cherry tree. Then it hit me ... Would she be willing to pick blackberries with me? Grabbing her green ... http://thebamboolodge.com/thelodge/?p=28