A48
This weekend, it was back to Shenandoah for this Donut. As the heat intensified and the tourists descended, it was a perfect time to get away from the city.
Ah, mountainous.
A stop in Front Royal, VA reminded us that there are many places to be. But none as good as there.
Our site was the BEST in the park. No, seriously - A48 is the place to be. It's where this bird nerd spotted a Rufous-sided Towhee. And there was lush grass. Well, it looks like there is lush grass - it was rocky and a little spotty in places. But that's what the air mattress was for!
Yellowy prettiness.
Rushing water.
Big fatty bumblebee.
We decided on a moderately difficult trail that took us by lots of waterfalls and little streams. The hike back was almost entirely uphill and full of roots:
Yep, that's the trail.
Looks man-made, doesn't it?
This guy almost met an untimely end. Get off the trail!
And somehow, we ended up at a waterfall that we hiked to last year! Instead of the 2.6 mile round-trip hike we intended, we probably hiked at least four miles. 
After heading to the camp store to get supplies for dinner, we spotted this little guy. Cute!
He was delicious.
We stayed up pretty late - the whole campground went to sleep by ten and the only light came from our fire. The stars were just amazing. We awoke to a silenced fire pit:
It's always hard to leave, but it's good knowing how easy it is to get back. I can't wait!
Ah, mountainous.
A stop in Front Royal, VA reminded us that there are many places to be. But none as good as there.
Our site was the BEST in the park. No, seriously - A48 is the place to be. It's where this bird nerd spotted a Rufous-sided Towhee. And there was lush grass. Well, it looks like there is lush grass - it was rocky and a little spotty in places. But that's what the air mattress was for!
Yellowy prettiness.
Rushing water.
Big fatty bumblebee.
We decided on a moderately difficult trail that took us by lots of waterfalls and little streams. The hike back was almost entirely uphill and full of roots:
Yep, that's the trail.
Looks man-made, doesn't it?
This guy almost met an untimely end. Get off the trail!
And somehow, we ended up at a waterfall that we hiked to last year! Instead of the 2.6 mile round-trip hike we intended, we probably hiked at least four miles. 
After heading to the camp store to get supplies for dinner, we spotted this little guy. Cute!
He was delicious.
We stayed up pretty late - the whole campground went to sleep by ten and the only light came from our fire. The stars were just amazing. We awoke to a silenced fire pit:
It's always hard to leave, but it's good knowing how easy it is to get back. I can't wait!
2 comments:
So jealous. Stupid Texas is too stupid hot to go stupid camping. I could have gone to stupid Colorado with my stupid sister, but stupid Trevor had stupid class so I stayed in stupid Dallas.
So, yeah, 1 guess as to how I feel...!
Aw, Deals. You'll probably go to Colorado sometime later in the summer and then you'll write about it and I'll be super jealous and use the word "stupid" a lot, too.
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