Shenandoah NP

Aaaahhhh!!!! A rattlesnake on the trail! This thing scared the living sheets out of me...first rattler on the trail. I saw my first bear, too. A baby being treed up a tree - because I'm a scary, feisty not-so-sure what you're gonna do creature - to a bear...
The next three photos are of beautiful sunsetting views from Passamoquoddy Trail - a blue blazed trail from the AT - although we did see remnants of old white blazes, so we were perhaps on the original AT.

Good ol' Appalachia. Gotta give it to the CCC as well for all the hard work they put into building so much of the trail. Their workmanship is incredible.

And this is from a great viewpoint in the Shenandoah's somewhere - weather here has been phenomenal. NO RAIN!!! Cool temps at the higher elevations. Nice sunny breezes. phenomenal. plain and simple.