No hikes for today – I hurt my foot yesterday and want to make sure it is okay before we hit the trails again. Instead we put up our screen tent (mostly to see if we could do it easily). When I have a chance I will post a picture.
In the three years that we have been coming here, we explored Skyline Drive from Big Meadows to Thornton Gap. So today we decided to go the other way (from Big Meadows to Loft Mountain). And there were some incredible views:
One of the things we learned at the ranger talks was that spring arrives early in the Shenandoah Valley and slowly makes its way up the mountains at about 100’ per day (with the exception of cold fronts and other nasty weather patterns). And that was very evident to us today. In Big Meadows area, the altitude is ~ 3200’ and the leaves are just starting to come out on some of the trees. On our travels today, we went down to ~2000’ and the leaves were all out and had that beautiful shade of spring green. It was interesting to see the changes as we went up and down the mountains.Back at camp, we did get a chance to talk with the campground host and learn the type of duties they do. (Something for Andy and I to consider.)
And of course another campfire evening!
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