Shenandoah National Park

For fall break we visited Shenandoah National Park in Virginia.

The main attraction for us was the highly rated Old Rag Mountain hike.

The unique parts about this hike were the various rock obstacles.

Several of the scrambles were so tricky that they caused bottlenecks and we had to wait a few mintues to get through after other hikers.

The kids did outstanding with Benny usually leading the way.

The only negative was the length, 9.5 miles! Our longest ever.

Go Sis! This girl can hike but even she was sore the next day.

Made it to the top!

Oh, the views...

Fall colors made the scenery more beautiful.

It was windy on top. Jackson, put on your sweatshirt!

We only stayed a few mintues before heading back down.

A better place to take a break.

Thank you nice person for taking our family photo!

A much easier, boring way back down. Benny and I were dying by the end. A quick stop at the grocery for dinner. Then baths in the clawfoot tub were a nice ending to the day.

Day 2 - Exploring Skyline Drive inside the park. Bearfence Mountain hike, only 1 mile.

More rock scrambling along the way.

Our last and final hike to Rose River waterfalls, a 3.8m loop.

Most of the trail followed the water with falls along the way.

Giving some love to this sweet boy.

A colorful place to rest.

I think she liked it! Addy's favorite colors to wear are fall so she matched the scenery.

After stopping by Skyland Resort to unsuccessfully grab lunch, we ended up finding food on our last stop at Luray Caverns.

Dream Lake. The bottom half is a reflection on water. Our favorite spot.

Coolest features, cave drapes.

This was our 1st time on a self guided tour which was nice.

The wishing well has collected over $1 million over the years.

The tightest section.

Afterwards we grabbed dessert and headed halfway home to Roanoke. The next morning we skipped a hike to get back for track and soccer practice.

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