Friday August 12th, 2011
Skyline Drive Shenandoah National Park Front Royal, Virginia
Wide Wide World of Bears
Travelin' south, heading back home to Birmingham / Leeds, Alabama will take about another week. Travelin' South today.
Yesterday got off that god awful traffic I- 81s to wind down through Shenadoah. This is where a journey gets good.
Not neccessarily the place, but the freedom to wander.
Just because you wander doesn't mean your lost.
Skyline Drive is the northernmost leg of the Blueridge parkway -- same road-- this is just the northern part that was sectioned off for Shenadoah National Park.
And I like this one better as it's more pristene wilderness than the Blueridge pkway. -- Also see Blueridge Parkway post when done-- (Blueridge pkwy, although very beautiful in places... is a "Right of Way" and in places there are homes w/ above ground pools 300' from the roadway)
The Ridges and valleys of the Appalachians running through this part of Western Virginia is known as Shenadoah.
Scenic, geography, and past history... a very remarkable place.
A wonderful drive!
If there's one thing Tracks of the StoneBear is about... it's family.
And was fortunate enough today to drop in and see some family; brother and nephews. It's a Bear world after all.
MARNE 54 # 54 / 167 -162
Friday August 12th, 2011
Skyline Drive Shenandoah National Park
Front Royal, Virginia
Wide Wide World of Bears
Travelin' south, heading back home to Birmingham / Leeds, Alabama will take about another week.
Travelin' South today. Yesterday got off that god awful traffic I- 81s to wind down through Shenadoah.
This is where a journey gets good. Not neccessarily the place, but the freedom to wander.
Just because you wander doesn't mean your lost.
Skyline Drive is the northernmost leg of the Blueridge parkway -- same road-- this is just the northern part that was sectioned off for Shenadoah National Park.
And I like this one better as it's more pristene wilderness than the Blueridge pkway.
-- Also see Blueridge Parkway post when done-- (Blueridge pkwy, although very beautiful in places... is a "Right of Way" and in places there are homes w/ above ground pools 300' from the roadway)
The Ridges and valleys of the Appalachians running through this part of Western Virginia is known as Shenadoah. Scenic, geography, and past history... a very remarkable place.
A wonderful drive!
If there's one thing Tracks of the StoneBear is about... it's family.
And was fortunate enough today to drop in and see some family; brother and nephews.
It's a Bear world after all.
