Shenandoah National Park stretches over 100 miles through the center of Virginia. There are dozens of hiking trails. One of the most popular is the Hawksbill Summit hike. This takes you to the top of Hawksbill Mountain, the highest point in the park. Starting Point: Lower Hawksbill Trailhead, Skyline Drive mile 45.5 Length: 1.8 miles…
Shenandoah National Park stretches over 100 miles through the center of Virginia. There are dozens of hiking trails. One of the best is hiking along the waterfalls of Whiteoak Canyon. This is my hike from Skyland Lodge to the Upper Falls at Whiteoak Canyon. The heart of Shenandoah National Park is the Skyline Drive. Shenandoah…
Shenandoah National Park stretches over 100 miles through the center of Virginia. The park is filled with great mountain hikes. For families and day visitor’s a great introductory hike is Fox Hollow Loop at Dickey Ridge Visitor’s Center near the northern entrance. Starting Point: Dickey Ridge Visitor’s Center, Skyline Drive mile 4.6 Length: 1.2 miles…
Shenandoah National Park is located in the center of Virginia. This long park is in the Blue Ridge Mountains with a scenic view overlooking the valleys below. This is our guide to Shenandoah National Park. Overview Shenandoah National Park is long and skinny. The park runs 100 miles in length but is rarely more than…
Our last day of driving across the United States was technically only a 5-hour drive. However, adding in a huge bike ride on the Creeper Trail and a massive traffic jam it turned out to be much longer. This drive took us up the western edge of Virginia. We spent the night in Abingdon, VA…
Tennessee is by the far the longest state on our drive across the United States. We started in the far southwestern corner and drove the entire length of the state to the northeast corner at Bristol. Our day ended right across the Tennessee/Virginia border in Abingdon, VA. I lived in Nashville for two years and…
Day five of our drive across the United States was our shortest drive. We toured Memphis most of the day before driving the short 3-hour trip to Nashville. Memphis has a great deal of sites to see, especially if you are into music. Driving across the Mississippi on the I-40 we were intrigued by the…
Oklahoma City was a new place for us, so we wanted to take some time to explore. Day 4 of our drive across the United States was only 7 hours to Memphis so we were not in a rush. Oklahoma gets a bad rap, but we found Oklahoma City to be surprisingly hip. We wanted…
On day three of our trip we made up much of the time we lost in our Grand Canyon detour. We shot all the way across New Mexico, Texas and into the middle of Oklahoma. This is 11 hours of driving, but we still made time to see plenty of cool sites. We got an…
Day two of our driving across the United States trip was all about exploring. In terms of heading across country we made little progress. However, we got to see some great sites, most notably the Grand Canyon. We started the day in Williams, Arizona. Williams is a small tourist town that is a prime gateway…