The Greenway, after the rains...

This is a little more than a mile to the east of the Johnson Road entrance to the Greenway on 6/30.

The haze in the following picture didn't help much, but this is what the flood looked like a littler earlier in the month.  Tropical storm dumped about 3" on already soggy ground.

There be Dragons Here!

We were visited by this big fella.  I've never seen a dragonfly as big. I had a hard time getting it back out without damaging its wings, but we finally did.

Cape Henry Lighthouses

The "new" lighthouse on the left was built in 1881.  The one on the right in 1792.  That, by the way, "was also the first federal construction project under the Constitution" (per both Wikipedia and information from the gift shop).  You can climb to the top of the old brick one (192 steps, I was told).

The newer one is made of iron and remains in operation.

Cardinal