5-28-10 Shenandoah trip - Skyline Drive

We headed out for Skyline drive, entering at Front Royal, VA. I was a hot day a pretty humid. So we learned that "long view vistas" back here are best seen probably in Fall when the humidity is less. There was so much water in the air the views were really pretty ho-hum. See the examples.

But the Mountain Laural was in bloom, as well as lots of other plants and shrubs, so we got to see lots of plant life. Later the clouds descended and the rain started. We did stop and walk out to the Appalachian trail to take our picture on it - probably as close as we will ever get. The bugs were something else!

Since the weather was bad we took a powder and bailed into the Valley, to the town of Staunton (pronounced Stanton) where we stayed the night.