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| Fallingwater cascades |
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| Eastern Bluebird |
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| Battery Creek Lock near James River |
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| Roy with his fire - in pensive mood |
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| Junco |
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| Dark Hollow Falls |
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| White tailed deer |
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| massive moth about the size of my hand |
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| Roy pretending to fish in James River |
Day 5 dawned sunny and 12o higher than yesterday. We continued our journey northwards stopping to do a walk to Fallingwater cascades. Saw the James River, largest in Virginia and the lowest elevation of the Parkway at 649ft and discovered a lock used by barges in byegone days. Virginia from the Parkway is not as dramatic as North Carolina, more like the rolling hills of England.
We have not found a campsite or Visitor center open along the length of the Parkway (May is opening time) so we were delighted to find Otter Creek campground open, a night on the Parkway at last, quite appropriate as it was our last night of the Parkway drive.
Sun and blue skies for our last day along this amazing top of the world road, sad to leave the tranquillity and return to the real world of traffic, but not just yet. After a brief visit to Walmart we returned to the end of the Parkway road and continued on to the 105 mile Skyline Drive (a continuation of the Parkway) in Shenandoah National Park. We are camped at 3598 ft at Big Meadows Campground in the middle of the Shenandoah for 4 days and enjoying some hiking to Lewis Falls and along the Appalachian trail and White Oak Canyon to Upper White Oak Falls.
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| old logging railroad - he'll do anything I ask! |
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| Wigwam Falls |
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| Tree Farm - shaped Christmas trees - only in America! |
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| Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park |
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| Upper Whiteoak Falls Shenandoah |
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| Upper Whiteoak Falls |
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| life on the edge! |
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| Showy Orchis |
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| Skyline Drive as we left |
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| Skyline drive as we left |
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| Roy "in love" in Skyland, Shenandoah |
I had a sort of feeling that the southern end was more impressive than the northern end. Still there is loads of history round that area. Wet, windy and cold here. We have the ridiculous situation of hose pipe ban and floods. Yes, the Ouse is flooded, hope you don't live too near.
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