Anyway, Take One went on about being without Internet or cellphone coverage in the park and how it really doesn't bother me at all to be disconnected from the rest of the world. I also go on to say that the only downside of this is in case my family needs to reach out to me....but what did we do before cellphones anyway?
We're still in Shenandoah, having spent our first three nights at Matthew's Arm campground in the North ($15/night or $7.50 w/senior pass). While there we hiked a short trail at mile marker 4.6. Fox Hollow Trail...round trip only 1.2 miles, which was a good start. We also hiked Matthew's Arm trail from the campsite, which met up with Overall Run trail taking us to the tallest falls in the park (93 ft). We worked ourselves up to a moderate trail already, we're that good :) The falls were unimpressive, not a clear view to be had, but it felt good to be able to hike the 4 miles.
Yesterday we drove south on the Skyline Drive (105 mi scenic road running through SNP) to Big Meadows campground ($20/night or $10 w/senior pass), where we plan on staying for two nights. Interesting that we have experienced so much wooded area to come to a campground which is more or less flat and open. We listened to an interesting Ranger Program about birds of prey and hiked to Rapidan Camp, President Hoover's retreat (Parking at Milam Gap and following Mill Prong Trail). It was the first presidential retreat and he paid for the land and all of the building materials out of his own pocket. It appears that he felt that public servants shouldn't be paid...He could well afford it because, although he grew up poor, he became a multi-millionaire in the mining industry in China prior to taking office. I love learning little things like that....anyway, the hike was a bit over 4 miles and was once again rated moderate. We followed up our day by watching a beautiful orange sunset across the ridge, then by a beautiful orange full moon rise over the meadow.
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