Travel Blogs from Shenandoah National Park, United States
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Florida to Virginia
After a swim at the motel and a shower we tried one more time to find a car from AAAcon, again without success. We spent the afternoon on the beach. After a session in an all-you-can-eat shrimp house, which was good value for money, we drove North ...
A Long Drive
We kept on driving all day, arriving in Shenandoah National Park about 1900. We set up camp, cooked a meal, burnt out the frying pan, talked to some young rebels from a school, and went to ...
The Park, Shenandoah National
un real. this place is amazing. sky line drive. I slept in the woods, deep in the woods. It was real it was quiet, off a part of the appalachian trail. I feel everything around ...
Shenando-Woah !
... 'ments (chaleur, PV, on n'y revient pas…), il était grand temps de visiter un premier National Park ! Direction le Shenandoah National Park situé dans les Appalaches, un endroit peu connu des touristes mais très vivement conseillé par notre ...
Lundi ou la vie sauvage
Comme nous l'avons déjà vu : le zoo c’est bien. Mais les animaux sauvages dans un National Park c’est encore mieux ! En entrant dans le Shenandoah Park, on ne s’attendait pas à être si gâtés. Pour être honnête, quand on a ...
Exploring Shenandoah National Park
... and we set off from camp by 10 for a relaxing day touring the park. We stopped at the Ranger Office to buy some more National Park badges for the kids, I can see a collection brewing, and ice for the chilly bin. We drove back down the beautiful Skyline ...
Shenandoah! What a sight!
... ridges in the Shenandoah Valley. We finally embarked on our overnight backpacking trip hiking an easy 21km in the backwoods of Shenendoah National Park in Virginia. Now you may think us wimpy for not putting up with a little downpour, but it's no picnic ...
Sorry I'm Late...
... , but decided to buck up and move on. We decided to forego the balloon ride and headed out relatively early to see Shenandoah National Park. It’s not far from the KOA. We got to Waynesboro in just over an hour and got fuel for ...
Louisville, KY to Shenandoah National Park
... traffic headed into the mountains. After it cleared we drove continuously, and finally managed to pull into the campground in Shenandoah National Park with fumes in the tank and an hour or so of daylight left. Didn't realize at the time that ...
Shenandoah National Park
Shenandoah National Park 6/16 Thursday We reluctantly left the Blue Ridge Parkway and our woodsy secluded campground in Montebello to spend a couple days in Shenandoah. Our bid sendoff was the sighting of a momma black bear and two cubs crossing the ...
Jul 20, 2010
Day 1: Drive to Shenandoah National Park
... on industrial, heavily-trafficked highways. Soon after crossing the border into Virginia, the roads became more rural. As we neared Shenandoah the weather took a turn for the worse and we could see ominous storm clouds in the distance. After entering the ...
Mountain blues
Once into the 'Gateway to the South' that is Virginia, we could expect lovely humid, hot weather and none of the issues we had experienced before in Alaska - WRONG! We hit a wall of fog as soon as we entered the Blue Ridge Mountains and drove up Skyline ...
Hike at Old Rag
Finally hiked Old Rag after years of planning on doing so. Perfect day for a hike. Got a serious tick bite. We then drove to Pittsburgh and spent the evening with family: Bill, Jo, and Casey ...
Shenandoah National Park
... wieder einen Nationalpark gefunden und sind nachdem wir Solomon Island verlassen haben und den Fluss Potomac überquert hatten im Shenandoah Nationalpark gelandet. Entlang des skyline drives, der am Rande der Blue Ridge mountains verläuft kann man ...
Waiting for Fall
After we left Luray Caverns, we drove back to Fairfax and our hotel via Shenandoah National Park and the Skyline Drive though the park. We only hit less than ½ of the drive as we came up from the Caverns to get into the park. As we went through ...
Day 16 - The Long and Winding Road
... parking garage, we hurried through another PB&J lunch at the car and then hit the road southbound towards Front Royal, VA and Shenandoah National Park. This park is long and skinny, and stretches in a north-south direction. The main road ...
May 15, 2011
Day 2: Shenandoah, Drive to Great Smoky
... ' systems. Bad idea. Three hours later we had crossed the border into North Carolina, having traced a third of Great Smoky National Park's western perimeter. Exhausted, we pulled into a parking lot along some large body of water, rolled out a tarp and got ...
Mountains trees and snow
... out of Washington. Happy to have city life behind us. We decided to change our plans and head for Shenandoah National Park - there is a 105 mile drive called Skyline Drive which runs on top of the ridge giving views both left and right into ...
The View from the Top
... waking up to 60 degree weather, I finally felt like we were in the mountains again. One of the reasons we picked Shenandoah was its pet friendly policies. Sailor was allowed to hike with us on almost every trail. During breakfast in the dining hall, we ...
More bears in Shenandoah NP
... ; After that we went to bed. I had a good day. August 7 - by Madison Today was our last day in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. We decided to go on a hike to Lewis Falls since it is supposed to be a very pretty waterfall. When ...
Deer hang out like Dogs
... Yes lots of white tailed deer. We got some good up close pictures of them. The girls were ecstatic. Entry to Shenandoah National Park was free for Father's Day. Nice treat for daddy. Went in the Big Meadows picnic/campground. The weather was ...
Drive All Night (& Day)
Another long drive today from Nashville to Shenandoah National Park (just west of DC). As I mentioned, we decided at the last minute to change our plans from Mammoth Cave NP in Kentucky to Shenandoah. After a bit of research we decided that since we had a ...
Skyline Drive, first day on the road.
... at another friends house, we continued on our way on 81 South. We decided to drive part of the Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park. Skyline Drive is 105 miles long, but we drove 33 miles of it. Nothing in the park was open, but we ...
Shenandoah National Park
... with interpretive programs). As he was nice, and Sam needed a couple of signatures, we listened to his presentation on the Shenandoah Salamander before heading to the festival. It was a nice festival, I believe at the edge of a large meadow, ...
The Marshmellow Incident
... great to be in the river. We spent the afternoon walking around historic Harper's Ferry which has been preserved by the National Park Service as a 19th century village. From Harper's Ferry we stopped at Walmart to pick up marshmellows, graham ...
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