The Log Dog Blog: Shenandoah NP September 2020

We spent the weekend at Shenandoah National Park, which was the first time we've stayed there overnight, despite it really not being very far from our house! We drove to the park after school on Friday and the weather was not particularly great. We checked in to Big Meadows Lodge, got settled, and other than a short break in the weather, hung out in our room avoiding the rain. It was actually really nice to have a quiet, relaxing evening! There was no wifi in the room, and we had very spotty cell service, but I'm not complaining; sometimes it's nice to be a little off the grid, so to speak!

Saturday started off cloudy, but then the sun broke through for a few hours in the morning, which made for great hiking weather. By noon, though, the mist and clouds returned, but that just meant that we saw very few people on our afternoon hike, which was more than fine by me! We had dinner at the lodge, during which time the sky cleared again, so we decided to drive to one of the lookout points to watch the sunset, which was a great end to the day. We also saw many deer and a black bear, which was pretty awesome, and we loved that is was definitely feeling like autumn. After we got back to our room, we sat out on our little balcony to star gaze after it got really dark, and we each managed to see a shooting star, which will never get old for me.