As referenced in my Last Entry, our stay at the Perennial
Inn also included a visit to Culpepper and exploration of Shenandoah National
Park. We actually took two trips into the park, one each day that we were
there. The first was cold and rainy, but the second was nice enough that we
decided to drive with the top down on the convertible. It was quite chilly as
we drove, but well worth bundling up and suffering through the cold to gain the
experience of driving through a tunnel of beautiful color.
We stopped at a lot of overlooks along the way in order to better
appreciate the wonder around us.
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| Virginia Creeper changing from green to red |
We ate lunch in Big Meadows, where I worked as a ranger in
2011. It was fun to come back as a visitor. We even recreated a picture of my
sister Callie kissing the statue of “Iron Mike” when my family visited me while
I was working there.
After lunch in Big Meadows we did a quick tour of the Museum
of Culpepper History, which you may remember from a post this spring when
Alison and I visited the first time. We found the dress up clothes once again
and couldn't help but take a few silly pictures while we were there!
I got put in the stocks for bad behavior and this is how my
loving wife reacted…
When we went back to the park the second day we were able to
do a bit more hiking through the trees to a lovely overlook of the Shenandoah
Valley.
We carried up apples from the National Apple Festival to enjoy at the top.
It was a splendid way to end our fall expeditions and enjoy the wonders around us with my Mom.
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