Shenandoah

Must be an ancient Native American word for "washout".

Lisa and I left mid-Friday (9/15) to head to Shenandoah NP to meet with Vijay, Colleen, and a few other people for a camping weekend. The weather forecast was iffy, but we decided to go anyway. The drive up through rural VA was really cool. Things were fine when we went to bed Friday night.

During the night on Friday, it began to rain. With 9 people in the Camp Condo, it got a little clammy inside. We began to get some condensation/leaks by the morning, and some things got a little wet. For the rest of the day on Saturday, there were showers, mist, and fog. Vijay’s attempts to adjust the guy lines on the Condo were somewhat futile, as the damage was already done, and our down sleeping bags were already wet.

After Colleen’s great chicken dinner on Saturday night, we packed up and left Shenandoah. One the way home, Lisa remembered that there were dryers at the park. Hmmm, we could have dried our stuff, and stayed, but we were well on our way.

However, we got a lot done around the house on Sunday. We were even able to get in a hike, which is more than the Shenandoah group got in. I took Lisa to Jacobsburg SP, and we visited the historic sites, museum, and took the hike around the creek/gorge area. Lisa loved the hemlock-lined section of the creek with walk-in creek access, used especially for Environmental Education classes.

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