We were relaxing in the afternoon when all of a sudden the fifth wheel started a rockin and a rollin. We looked at each other and simultaneously said "earthquake". It lasted for about 20 secs. Turns out to have been centered about 30 miles away. The biggest Eastern Earthquake in a hundred years or so they say. Probably haven't lived in NZ or California!
The next day we went on a drive around Northern Neck to the quaint seaside village of Reedsville. Lovely merchant's house dotted along a smaller river leading to Chesapeake Bay. Skipjack yachts used to carry cargoes around the bay, line the river bank.
We wandered around the lovely trails in the park, many overlooking he Rappahannock River. All these rivers are HUGE, many miles wide where they meet the main bay as you can see below.
We were due to head up to Washington DC on Friday but Hurricane Irene forced us to evacuate Belle Isle State Park as the eye of the storm was due to pass right over it, so we moved on to just outside Washingtin where we though we would be safe. But alas that park was also closing so we decided to miss Washington for now and headed another 70 miles up into the Appalachian Mountains where we hid in the Shenandoah Valley until the storm passed on. It was not as bad as everyone thought it would be.
Today we moved again a few miles down the road to the Shenandoah River State Park where are camping down by the river in a lovely setting on the border of West Virginia. Amost Heaven as John Denver sang.
This afternoon we went for a long walk through the park and along the river bank where many Civil War battles were fought. The storm has passed and the skies are blue and the air very clear.
This week we will explore the Shenandoah River and the famous Skyline Drive before heading south on to the Blue Ridge Parkway that winds it way along the Blue Ridge Mountains for some 400 miles. Mountain Momma here we come.
Location:T-Bird Dr,Front Royal,United States
