Oh Shenandoah I long to see you....

Or is it hear you? Anyhow this past weekend we took a trip to the Shenandoah National Park. Lucious green rolling hills with the river running through, a very beautiful valley, relatively cooler temperatures, and lots of wildlife. I can see how it inspired the famous song. We found a nice hike down to a waterfall and when we were talking to a ranger about directions he said "oh and you'll probably see a bear." What! We left on our hike and spotted a deer, some amazing colored fungus, and then sure enough a BEAR. We were walking along and I had a rock in my sandal so I sat on a rock to get it out when Brad said "Uh, there's a bear." I turned around and right in front of us was a black medium sized bear. For a moment we all just looked at each other and then Brad said we better keep walking. So we walked and talked-did what the ranger said to do, and Brad snapped a photo of the bear walking away. Whoa. Welcome to Shenandoah. We found the waterfall, it was beautiful and had an amazing view of the whole valley. I'll never forget Shenandoah!