Shenandoah

Our scoot yesterday was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G.  OMG – how to describe it??

It was a perfect scooter road, taking us down along the spine of the Blue Ridge Mountains. We were in Shenandoah National Park on Skyline Drive, a scenic route that twists along for over 100 miles through the park. The park is at the northern end of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which, I learned today, are part of the greater Appalachian Mountain system – all very complicated geologically, but beautiful and wonderful in scope and view.

All along the way, we were treated to the most magnificent vistas of the lush, sprawling Shenandoah River Valley to the west and the awesome Piedmont to the east. The day was a bit hazy, so pics aren’t as good as I’d like, but hopefully you’ll get the idea . . .

The awesome Shenandoah River Valley - above & below

And the Piedmont - what a view!

There are points along Skyline Drive where the Appalachian Trail crosses the road, so we stopped at one and set out for a little walk along the trail.

Heading out on the Trail

 A few shots from our "hike" on the Appalachian Trail . . .

 And then we scooted on down the road to the 25 mile marker!

After that, it was time to head back.  Sorry to say we saw no bears today and not much other wildlife really.  It was a warm and sticky day, so I guess they were all napping!

There goes Harold down Skyline Drive!

Made it back to the RV Park happy from our scoot but, after a total of more than sixty miles on Kiwi and Blondie today - kinda tired and with very sore behinds!!

Well, tomorrow we're off to Washington, D.C.  We plan to stay there for two or three weeks, camped at Greenbelt National Park - just a quick metro ride from all the sights to be seen in our great nation's capitol!  Bye-bye 'til the next post!