Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Skyline Drive


We started out the trip on Skyline drive in Virginia. Built by the CCC during the great depression, this road follows a ridge line through Shenandoah National Park. From a civil engineering view, this road is pointless. It is the most difficult path between the points it connects. However, it does make for a nice park and offers stunning views along it's entire length. Off the pavement, hiking trails descend in to valleys. We picked a trail that descended in to a dark hollow. Following stream, the trail terminated at a pair of waterfalls. Definitely worth the effort.

On the pavement, there is wild life. Deer were grazing the street for road salt. At one point, five cars were lined up to watch a mother bear and her cubs forage on the road side. They are excellent tree climbers. They seemingly walk straight up the bark.

The weather forecast for our first night's camping was cold rain. So we roughed at the Skyline lodge instead. That morning, from out hotel room, we looked down at the clouds in the valley. 


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