We left Boone, NC, on our way to the Shenandoah National Park, with overnight stays planned for Skyland and Big Meadows Lodges up on the park off of the Skyline Drive. It was a long leg of the trip, on road for about 7 hrs, reaching Skyland about 2:30PM. Have had three beautiful days up in the park, hiking to many beautiful overlooks, hard to, again, capture on a photo but I'll include a few anyway. We would recommend trekking poles to anyone doing this kind of hiking, they come in handy and give your knees a rest, especially on the downside of these hikes. We visited Hawksbill Overlook, Blackrock Overlook, Stony Man Overlook, and Little Stony Man Overlook our first two days here, traveling about 6miles a day in the woods. Today, unfortunately, is totally foggy, cold, dreary so we're spending the day in the Great Hall of the Big Meadows Lodge, I've included a shot of folks sitting around reading, playing chess/checkers, and surfing the net (the only place for wireless). Home tomorrow or Saturday, depending on whether we stopover in Berkeley Springs, W. Va., or not, there's a quilt store there so Sheila has one more destination to find. Have logged over 2400 miles on the cruiser so far, probably will reach 2700 or so by the time we return to Happy Valley. It's been fun. Thanks for viewing, Jim and Sheila.
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