Great Falls National Park

At the end of October I finished up my contract at Inova Fairfax. It was weird saying goodbye a second time…it really felt like it had become my home unit since I’ve spent so much time there. Especially after working through a pandemic with them, there were many rough and exhausting days. 

I did make it to Great Falls National Park before I left this time. It’s amazing, the Virginia side is nice, but I personally think the Maryland side is better. It’s more walking (but really easy), to get to falls on the Maryland side, but you get to see smaller waterfalls on your way to the large one. I love waterfalls, so I think that’s why I like the Maryland side more. 

The Virginia side of the falls

One of the smaller falls you pass on the Maryland side 

The Falls from the Maryland side

While taking time to enjoy the waterfalls, I also spent some time playing with my camera and various shutter and aperture settings which I haven’t done in a while, so that was fun. I have a lot of okay pictures from that day, but there are a few which I’m happy with. 

Maryland Side

One of the smaller falls, (playing with my shutter speed)

I spent so much time in the section of the park taking pictures and listening to the water, it was so relaxing and just amazing to be there

The next couple pictures are very similar frames, but they have very different shutter speeds which is what is so fun to play around with. The third picture is an even closer up of that same frame. 

One of my favorite pictures from this day

Now that I’m back home, I’m spending some time relaxing and working on a couple home projects as well as spending some time with family. There is part of me that misses work, but there is also a part of me that is finding this time to take a mental break and rejuvenate essential. I’m not sure what the next couple months are going to bring, heck I don’t even know what the next couple weeks are going to be like, but I'm working on things that I otherwise always seem to busy to complete.