Only two days after Brian’s retirement as a college professor, Vanna White the conversion van is off on a 6-8 week trip across the country and into Canada. We started out this morning at 7:20 am in PA and drove three hours south to Front Royal VA and the northern entrance to Skyline Drive in Shenandoah national park. Stopping at many of the overlooks on the ridge of the Blue Ridge Mountains, we stopped for lunch at Elkwallow picnic area near Skylab’s, the highest point in the parkway. Then we did a 1.7 mile round trip hike to Hawksbill Overlook, breaking our legs in on this trip for the first time (750 ft steep elevation gain). Continuing south we camped at Loft Mountain near mile 80 of skyline Drive. We cooked some tin foil meals over charcoal and had a campfire on a rather cool night. It was a beautiful day. We saw a bear cub and several deer. Good start to the vacation!
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