I'm down to my last 2 posts from our October 2020 vacation! Our 2nd day at Cumberland Gap was another beautiful one. (Day 1 recap here) E loves her cozy little spot in Woody and waking up to pretty fall colors: We could have walked from our campground right up Lewis Hollow Trail to Ridge …
After our quick stop in Lynchburg - next was Cumberland Gap National Historical Park! Leaving Lynchburg was chilly and rainy (RR, as usual, was a good helper getting us unplugged and packed and ready!): But the skies cleared quickly and we enjoyed the pretty ride west: I know this kudzu is invasive and probably annoying …
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After early morning Bible study.... by solar- powered light.... ...And our Junior Ranger ceremony (I had to host one myself since the Rangers weren’t doing them)... ... we left on Friday, Oct 23rd from Shenandoah and headed toward the “Waltons Mountain” area . We truly loved Shenandoah (Day 1 here and Day 2 here) but …
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On our 2nd day at Shenandoah National Park, (Shenandoah Day 1 here) B and I woke up early to see the sunrise on the Appalachian Trail. These deer scared me! They walked right up on me and I didn’t have my contacts in: We don’t use a generator or solar power so we didn’t have …
After our time in Williamsburg (recaps here, here, here and here) we made the easy drive to Shenandoah National Park. This is the 13th National Park we’ve visited! Virginia is so beautiful ! After reading about the entrances and how busy the north entrances can get - we realized the Swift Run Gap entrance would …
After Jamestown and Yorktown and Colonial Williamsburg our brains were history-ed out so we were happy to find a state park near our campground so we could stretch our legs and get them ready for the days of mountain hiking ahead of us! York River State Park is less than 5 miles from Thousand Trails …
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Next up after Jamestown and Yorktown was a day at Colonial Williamsburg. AB with a portrait of her fave President 💕😍 Jamestown was the capital of Virginia from the early 1600s until 1698 when the capitol building burned and the government then moved away from the mosquito-infested swamps of Jamestown inland to Williamsburg. Colonial Williamsburg …
After our morning at the Preservation Virginia area of Historic Jamestown... we had a picnic lunch and took Island Drive (if you have bikes with you - it looked like a great loop to ride on) to a small trail that overlooked the James River. Sadly AB got stung by a wasp so we had …
In October we finally got on the road again and explored for 2 weeks! We started our journey staying at Thousand Trails Williamsburg and our first visit was to Colonial National Historical Park. This area was really confusing so for anybody visiting let me pass along what we learned! When we first pulled into the …
