The Shenandoah National Park
You know you're a thru-hiker when... you can walk 25 miles in a day and still have 3 cooked meals.
We went through the Shenandoahas on the 6th of June so this post is still a little behind (this happened before Harper's Ferry). The Shenandoahas is a 80 mile stretch of National Park through Virginia. A road runs its entire length and it is dotted with campsites with restaurants.
On our first night in the park, we decided to hit the Loft Mountain campground for dinner before heading another 5 miles to the next shelter. Unfortunately for us, we arrived just as the camp store was closing (5 mins early!!!) and were unable to buy anything. We were sitting in the car park despondently contemplating the next 5 miles on an empty stomach when we saw two families pull up and start unloading eskies (coolers for all American readers) of food. On the way past they said, "We see you sitting there, we see a tent site, but we don't see a car. Where did you leave it??" Still bitter about the store closing early, we said cheekily, "We parked it in Georgia." They seemed amused by this and asked us a few more questions before heading down to the campsite.
We had to walk past their campsite on the way back to the trail. As we walked past, they hollered out, "Have you guys got hot food for tonight?" We couldn't lie, "We have noodles and rice." He smiled, "How about hotdogs and hamburgers?" 5 minutes later we were sipping wine, eating stuffed olives and could smell meat cooking on the barbecue. We even had live entertainment with an interesting interpretation of The Wiggles by one of their kids. It turned out that one of the party was a chef and we were definitely well fed. Thanks for the food and the hospitality if you're reading.
Barbecue Party!!
We ate our way through the rest of the Shenandoahas and saw some wonderful views and tame wildlife.
Sunset from our campsite
A creepy but tame deer
We went through the Shenandoahas on the 6th of June so this post is still a little behind (this happened before Harper's Ferry). The Shenandoahas is a 80 mile stretch of National Park through Virginia. A road runs its entire length and it is dotted with campsites with restaurants.
On our first night in the park, we decided to hit the Loft Mountain campground for dinner before heading another 5 miles to the next shelter. Unfortunately for us, we arrived just as the camp store was closing (5 mins early!!!) and were unable to buy anything. We were sitting in the car park despondently contemplating the next 5 miles on an empty stomach when we saw two families pull up and start unloading eskies (coolers for all American readers) of food. On the way past they said, "We see you sitting there, we see a tent site, but we don't see a car. Where did you leave it??" Still bitter about the store closing early, we said cheekily, "We parked it in Georgia." They seemed amused by this and asked us a few more questions before heading down to the campsite.
We had to walk past their campsite on the way back to the trail. As we walked past, they hollered out, "Have you guys got hot food for tonight?" We couldn't lie, "We have noodles and rice." He smiled, "How about hotdogs and hamburgers?" 5 minutes later we were sipping wine, eating stuffed olives and could smell meat cooking on the barbecue. We even had live entertainment with an interesting interpretation of The Wiggles by one of their kids. It turned out that one of the party was a chef and we were definitely well fed. Thanks for the food and the hospitality if you're reading.
Barbecue Party!!
We ate our way through the rest of the Shenandoahas and saw some wonderful views and tame wildlife.
Sunset from our campsite
A creepy but tame deer
posted by Mike & Zan :-) | 8:03 am
3 Comments:
THANK GOD FOR THE CHEF ... AND THE KIND FOLKS!
And thankyou for some photos, about time!
thanks for the veg-a-mite, we enjoyed testing it out on unsuspecting 'lab rats'...
have a safe journey...
and again, 'youre welcome'!
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