Virginia!

We are in Virginia!  And actually a little over 1/4 done with it.

This week we explored Shenandoah National Park.  A completely different experience than the other 10 national parks we've been too.  We've camped in all but one of them, but of course our presence there was completely different.  Shenandoah is a little over 100 miles long from end to end, with Skyline drive running often times parallel to the AT.  In the past, we would have been one of 'those people' in the cars, driving and stopping at all the viewpoints.  We usually car camp for a few days and have backpacked a few days in different parks before, but Walking In and Out was really unique.  We felt at times as if we were a 'Site to See' while we were there and have our answers to all the questions down pretty well.  Here's out side of the conversation, you can probably figure out the otherside (this literally is what it's like 99% of the time)

"in Maine"

"From Georgia"

"June 11"

"Hopefully by Thanksgiving"

"Yes, it's hard"

" only 1 bear, lots of poisonous snakes"

"25lbs for her, 30-35 lbs for me, I have a camera)

"in a really good tent"

...you get the picture.

So now we're in Waynesboro, VA for the night.  On our way through the rest of Central Virginia.

Weather was cold this week, hoping to warm up a little the next few days, we had rain/sleet/snow and below freezing temps at night and early morning, not a good combo.  But the weather looks good the next few days :)

Hope you all are well.  We're going to try and write back to all of you that wrote to us :)

Love and Hugs,

Preston & Abbey

P.S. One really cool thing that happened, we ran into a section hiker that we hiked with in Maine! (for those of you who remember the guy that put us up in a hotel for a night, that's the one!!!)