A few times a year I meet up with people in my field from around the area and so we had a competition to design a logo for our group. I was the only one who made one by the initial deadline so they extended the competition and made a bunch of ai logos so there would be variety to vote on and today one of the generated ones was picked over mine 
Mini vacation (part 4)
Hughlett Point off the Chesapeake Bay
Campsite
From the lake I drove up to the Northern Neck Peninsula. I made a brief stop on a whim to a state nature preserve which was really nice. I was expecting just a short boardwalk but the trail dumped out onto the beach, and there was no one there which was awesome.
From there I went to Belle Isle State Park where I spent the night. I reserved one of the campsites out on a point that you can only get to by foot or boat, so I strapped all my stuff in my kayak and proceeded to fight the wind for a second time. The spot was worth it in the end though and by the time I had everything set up and was getting dinner ready I had a nice sunset to enjoy.
Mini vacation (part 3)
Lake Drummond
Great Dismal Swamp
On the second day I left the Eastern Shore and went down to Lake Drummond, which is effectively the only natural lake in all of Virginia. I brought my kayak so I got to paddle along the shore for a few hours until the wind suddenly picked up and I had to fight the lake to get back to my car. I’d been dreaming of visiting this place for a long time so it was a bit surreal to be there and see how big everything is. Very cool and I hope to go back sometime.
To get to the lake you have to go through the Great Dismal Swamp which, despite what the name might have you believe, was not dismal at all! I’m sure it’s probably miserable in the summer but right now in the spring it was quite pleasant and peaceful.
Mini vacation (part 2)
Concrete ships
Black snakes
Beach
I spent my first night at Kiptopeke State Park which was a very pleasant surprise. Cool ships, lovely trails, lots of reptiles, and I was largely able to avoid people. I had a great time
A little over two weeks ago I took a drive down to explore the tidewater area of Virginia (part 1)
Leaving Virginia Beach on the CBBT
Chesapeake Channel Tunnel
Cape Charles beach
Cape Charles Natural Area Preserve
For my first day I drove from my home all the way down to the Hampton Roads area and crossed the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel up to the Eastern Shore
who turned the fog back on :(
real bad visibility tonight, even if it doesn’t come across in the picture well. I was struggling on the roads without lines, especially going around the mountain across from mine
my dad was a bus driver when he was younger and one time he saw one of his high school passengers riding her bike after school so he asked his bus if they should run her over. This caused the entire bus to chant “Run her over!” repeatedly as he was pulling into the next stop in front of a group of parents
my bus pulled into the school parking lot and there was a teacher walking by. my bus driver goes “do we like this teacher or wipe them out?”
everyone on my bus wanted him to wipe the teacher out
was letting the dog out, took one look at the driveway and knew it was going to be slick, went over to start my car no problem
went back out again to leave for work and immediately slipped because I’m a fool