Chop Chop Billy Goat

We spent about a week in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. Our first couple of nights, we were in a spot in the middle of the campground that was okay, but it wasn’t the best. Then one day, Ma was out walking when she saw a cool spot that was right next to the Appalachian Trail. Moving to the new spot took way too long, but our new spot was awesome. We spent our days exploring the Appalachian Trail and other trails in the park, including one that went down to a huge waterfall. The waterfall was beautiful! Another day, Pa found a spring on the Appalachian Trail, and I spent a long time exploring downstream. By the stream, there were tons of green plants and moss. It was so cool.

While we were at Shenandoah, we went to a ranger talk about birds of prey, and the ranger brought a real hawk. The funny part was that sometimes the hawk would try to fly off her hand, and then it would end up hanging upside down from the leash attached to its ankles. The ranger assured us that the hawk did that often, and it wasn’t getting hurt. Still, the hawk upside down looked pretty weird.

Also, one day we drove out of the mountains to see my cousin Tricia, who is in college.  We had a great afternoon hanging out together, eating ice cream.

I was very sad when it was time to leave Shenandoah, but I was also excited to see Washington DC.