August 30, 2011 – The AT in Shenandoah NP

Another beautiful day in Shenandoah National Park – :-)

We decided to do a little more hiking today.  We first took the Appalachian Trail south out of the campground:

   

And had some incredible views – how about those clouds in the valley:

 

 

Some neat rock formations:

Other views along the way:

A cemetery in the middle of nowhere – some of the headstones were dated 1917:

And the butterflies – oh my:

 

 

And we returned via the horse trail:

 

We did 3.3 miles – not bad for me – :-)).   What a wonderful walk!

I spent some time this afternoon doing some emails.  I get a data connection on my tablet for about 1 hour every afternoon.  It is slow and not enough to get on FB or the blog but enough to download the emails.  Uploading is a little trickier – not sure why.    So later this week, I will head over the lodge to upload the blog and do the rest of my emails.

We started the fire early since we have lots of firewood:

Our Dusty is really enjoying being outside – he loves watching the birds, the bugs, and the deer:

Life is Good – :-))