Shenandoah Valley

Who would have thought that the changing of the leaves would be so popular? People actually track when Fall will go through the East coast much like when the cherry trees bloom up in DC. Well we thought it was going to be an East coast trip to remember so off to one of the Meccas for Fall color changing!

However, this story starts about a year ago when Sarah made reservations for us to go up to the Shenandoah Valley and stay at a hotel in the park. Not only were we trying to go during a popular season, there are only a few places to stay in the park. We were nearby mile marker 51 at the Big Meadows Lodge. Being in the park was awesome during peak Fall color time because there are tons of nice and entertaining people, you are surrounded by the bright leaves, and there are lots of hiking trails within a few miles.

At night there was a little pub downstairs in the lodge that had some local entertainment, which was very fun. The first night there was a guy who had been playing there for around 25 years. That night was his last so he was going to play what he wanted...He was very musically talented and got the crowd involved by teaching us the chorus to the song he was singing then he would listen to the crowd and harmonize with us. Very fun!

On our way home we stopped by the Luray Caverns, which turned out to be nice one mile walk through a beautiful cavern filled with stories from our tour guide. Good weekend!