Over Labor Day, the Kreilings & Littles visited Shenandoah National Park, continuing our quest to visit all national parks in the US of A. The best part? Uncle Craig was with us! Yay!!
The weather was mixed - total fog wipe out for our arrival late at night (imagine Walter, towing the camper, with his head hanging out the window to see the yellow lines!); beautiful for Saturday; rain Saturday night; cool & cloudy on Sunday; and beautiful again on Monday. But we're veteran campers so we were prepared for everything & anything!
The first day, we hiked the Appalachian Trail for a bit then proceeded on a course straight down into a ravine that held a beautiful waterfall. I knew I was in trouble when the path was down the whole way - that meant hiking up to get "home". I'm not a happy hiker, so the trip up was full of grumbling and groans. Maddy needed her inhaler but we didn't have it, so Uncle Walter, the dogs and Nicky "raced-hiked" out of the ravine to get the car so that we didn't have to hike the whole way back to the campsite. After quite some time, we all made it back to the parking lot and waited for Uncle Walter to rescue us. The hike was about 4 miles in length, and WE ALL MADE IT!
That ended my portion of hiking on the camping trip - Uncle Craig, Katie & Joey were all right there with me. However, Uncle Walter and Tante Laura, along with Maddy & Nicky, went for a long hike on Monday, too.
Here are some camping pictures - we really enjoyed the weekend.
Here's where we lived for the weekend!
Gathered around the fire - Uncle Walter is eating his favorite camping food - baked beans right from the can (after having been warmed on the fire grate).
On a short hike after Sunday lunch at the hotel - Amy is not in the picture because she was unable to walk the day after the BIG HIKE. I was snoozing in the car waiting for their return.
Chopping wood is a favorite past time for the men. Here is Nicky learning from the masters.
No, those are not Schmeisser patties on the grill. We are, unfortunately, very low on our supply and didn't have enough to bring on the trip. But we did have very yummy cheeseburgers with baked beans and potato chips.
Hope you enjoyed our trip!
2 comments:
Thanks for posting the pictures.
Nice action shot of Nick chopping wood. Give him a few years and I can just imagine him on the World Lumberjack Championships!
Looks like you had a great time and the scenery was beautiful. I hope you made Walter sleep outside after the beans! (LOL)
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