Hannah thinks I only stand at the edge of cliffs to annoy her. That's not entirely true!
This photo represents so much of what hiking in Shenandoah National Park is like, and what I dislike about the park. This was at Big Meadows Wayside, the largest wayside, on the July 4 weekend. Hundreds of people were visiting the gift shops, eating at the restaurant, and considering themselves to be rouging it. The Appalachian Trail crosses into the parking lot from the left and continues on the other side of the deer. No one was to be seen on the trail. I don't understand how so many people relish the idea of the outdoors, but wouldn't be caught more than fifty feet from their cars. Without launching into a diatribe on laziness I will just state you cannot preserve the wilderness while plowing over the forest to build roads and restaurants. You cannot expect to be a healthy individual if you consider walking from your RV to the corner store to be strenuous exercise. The icing on the cake, of course, is that many people get around this problem by leaving their RV and getting into their golf carts...
Deer not acclimated to humans are notoriously harder to photograph. I tried, however.
The above photos were taken on that miserable, rainy day. It is a lot more beautiful when you do not have to walk through the rain.
This is Blackrock Mountain. Apparently, 1,000 years ago the top of the mountain just fell off.
Onward!
I really apologize for the picture quality. I didn't have the originals, and for some reason, the quality is degrading tremendously. I'll have to try and fix this when I get home.
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