After a great night's sleep we did a quick walk around Lynchburg, before heading to My Dog Duke's Diner for breakfast. I am pretty sure we've had our fill for the day after this smashing meal.
After breakfast we drove west for an hour to get to Natural Bridge State Park. This park, as the name states, has a 215-foot natural arch, under which a mile and a half trail runs beside Cedar Creek up to Lace Falls. The arch is pretty spectacular (bigger than anything I'd remembered at Arches National Park). And the trail was an easy one in the beautiful weather. The small Lace Falls makes for a good halfway point/photo opportunity/quick rest stop before heading back to the entrance.
Afterwards we drove up to Lexington to have a look around town, including lunch at The Palm. A quick walk up and down main street before we were in the car headed back to Lynchburg along the scenic James River drive.
Took it easy in the afternoon, and while I thought we'd eaten enough for a lifetime today, we are travelling with two 10-year-olds, who can definitely put away some food. We found a restaurant, La Caretta, within a 5 minute drive for dinner. With Covid still ravishing the country, this is the first time we've eaten dinner in a restaurant since March of last year. Got to admit, it felt kind of weird. I hope this is the start of us working our way back to normality.
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