Monday, October 11, 2010

The Huffman House Bed and Breakfast and VT at Night

The Huffman House at Creekside Farm

and an evening visit to Virginia Tech!
Friday, October 8th, 2010

The complete set of photos is posted here:
http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/578760607RZOEbl


During Virginia Tech Football weekends the population of Blacksburg, VA expands from about 40,000 to over 100,000 people. This creates quite the challenge when trying book a place to stay! If you are lucky enough to find a room in Blacksburg, the hotel will be at maximum capacity, it will be noisy, and it will not be cheap!

Fortunately, last year we discovered the Huffman House at Creekside Farm. A great little Bed and Breakfast located about 20 miles away from downtown Blacksburg. From now on, when planning our annual trip to Blacksburg for a VT football game, I see no reason to look anywhere else for accommodations!

The Huffman House at Creekside Farm Bed and Breakfast
http://www.thehuffmanhousebandb.com/

The Bed and Breakfast is part of a 61 acre working farm. One of the things I love about the place is all the animals roaming around. So after checking in, I grabbed the camera and went to photograph some of animals!
A friendly Horse

This guy quacks me up!


Ducks in the Creek

Farm Cat

After spending some time with my animal friends, Amy and I took a drive into Blacksburg for some dinner. We decided on the “Hokie House” Bar and Grill for some pretty good burgers! I also had a couple of the $2.00 20-oz drafts!

Me at the Hokie House!

After dinner we took a stroll around campus where I made an attempt at some night time photography.

The War Memorial Chapel at Virginia Tech

Burruss Hall at Virginia Tech

The War Memorial Chapel at Virginia Tech

The April 16th Memorial at Virginia Tech

The April 16th Memorial at Virginia Tech


Back at the Bed and Breakfast I could not help but noticed the stars! So I finished up the evening with some more night time photography experimentation!

The Huffman House at Creekside Farm

I caught a shooting star in this shot (Right Side just above the roof line)

Starry Sky over the Farm

Night Time at the Farm

The full set of photos is posted here:
http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/578760607RZOEbl

2 comments:

James Robert Smith said...

What's the special meaning of April 16th?

Jack Thyen said...

Bob,
On April 16th, 2007 (32) Virginia Tech students and faculty members were murdered.

http://www.weremember.vt.edu/

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