Shenandoah River State Park - Front Royal, VA

Shenandoah River State Park

 We are continuing our summer of Virginia State Parks.  We visited Shenandoah River State Park years ago.  Deb was totally unimpressed with it.  So unimpressed that it does not appear in any of our blog postings.  We have no pictures of it.  She has removed all traces of our visit, yet here we are, ready to make a memory.  Well, whatever it was, isn’t anymore.  We have a lovely little hidyhole.  Strangely, it shares the driveway with another campsite, but the other site was unoccupied.  My goal, especially when being watched, is to have the awning out, both chairs set-up with the table and the footstool on the rug and the welcome mat at the door, in less than four minutes.  Then swing around hook up the power and the water in three minutes, then back in my chair with my iPad and a cool one in another minute.  Well as I sat down, boom came the rain and the thunder. The next morning we headed out for a great walk which started along the ridge on the way out and dropped down to the river on the way back.

Sky Meadow State Park

 After lunch, we went to Sky Meadow State Park.  It costs $7.00 for a day pass, but all we had was a $20, so we put in the slot but we didn’t punch out the day of the week on the little ticket that you are suppose to hang on the rear view mirror, with the idea of using it again at some other park, like a prepaid ticket.  Deb was noticeably sweating on this flagrant violation of state park ethics.  It didn't get any better when I parked our RV in the "Van and Bus" parking area since we were neither a van nor a bus.  The hike was gorgeous, but pretty steep.  We got back to Shenandoah, backed in, put out the awning, sat down with my iPad and a cool one...boom came the rain and the thunder.

Seven Bends State Park

After a quick walk through the pollinator field (it's the IN thing this year), we headed down to a brand new state park, Seven Bends.  After a few miles of wet dirt roads, and a terrifying "low profile concrete bridge" we ate lunch, agreed that we should return again, some time in the far distant future when it is slightly more developed.  With a short walk, mindful of a 5:30 hair appointment in Mathews, we returned down the slippery roads and terrifying bridge and headed home, arriving in Mathews at 5:22.  Deb, quiet and noticeably nervous about arriving so close to her appointed time.  Me?...wondering what I could have done with that extra eight minutes.