Overlook view

This is the view overlooking the shenandoah valley. We are in a cloud. Yesterday, drove about 5 miles into the park to a visitor center. It was too foggy to go any further so we went back down to the Walmart store and then to our campground. We are going to wait until Sunday to head back into the park. It is supposed to clear then. Kinda followed the Ohio State game on the internet today. That didn't go too good either, and it is still raining. We did manage to get in a little hike around the campground. Things will get better tomorrow.

2009 Fall trip Front Royal, Virginia

Started a fall trip yesterday Oct 14. Drove in rain all day yesterday, and it is still raining tonight Oct 15. Stayed at a campground in Somerset PA. last night. Tonight we are staying at the Front Royal campground. It is a few miles from the north entrance to the Skyline Drive and Shenandoah National Park. It is supposed to be peak season for leaf peeping, but with the rain it doesn't impress. We are sure it is bound to get better tomorrow. Here are a few pictures of our campsite, and me in my office on the bed above the cab. If and when we head into the park, the campsites have no electricity, and probably no cell phone or internet service, so it may be several days to my nest post.

Two bluebirds still in nest

It is day 18 and there is still 2 chicks in the nest. The other 3 left yesterday. I tried to watch them after they left, with no luck. The adults will take mealworms and disappear into the trees.