Big Meadows

     We left Cave Mountain Lake Campground after breakfast and showers Thursday morning heading north up the Blue Ridge Parkway to Shenandoah National Park. It was a beautiful sunny day and we enjoyed the nice mountain scenery. We stopped at several overlooks to enjoy the views. We entered the park after an hour or so and were lucky enough to see a bear just off the side of the road after a few miles. Olivia had recently fallen asleep and missed the chance to see the bear. Around noon we arrived at Big Meadows campground and found a nice campsite back in the same area we camped at with Zig Zag last spring.

     After we set up camp and had lunch we decided to go down to meadow that Big Meadows is named for and take a hike. It was looking like it might rain so we took our umbrella along. 

     After we took a nice long walk I promised Olivia that we would stop at the Wayside and get her a treat. So she decided a chocolate ice cream cone would do the job. When we purchased the cone we were surprised at how large it was. Olivia did a good job of eating most of it with a little bit of help from Grandpa towards the end. After that we went over to find the Appalachian Trail so that Olivia could walk a little bit of the 1140 some miles that we have hiked during the past couple of years.

 Olivia and Adalena enjoy the AT

    After a nice nights sleep we got up early and after breakfast quickly packed up and headed towards home. After a long day on the road we found a nice campsite at Delaware State Park in Ohio. We had Olivia home by 10:30 the next morning which allowed her to attend her cousin Taylor's birthday party.

We had a wonderful time traveling with Olivia.