Friday, July 11, 2008-Charlottesville, VA

We drove to Shenandoah National Park in the morning. Since we decided not camp there, we wanted to revisit the campground and see what site we had reserved. On recreation.com,  the reservation system for the national  parks, one cannot usually cancel reservations two or three days before the arrival date, so I did not try to cancel. When we got to the campground, I spoke to the ranger. She said that she would try to get a refund for us, since we did not cancel the reservations. The site we had picked out was a good size and had a good location. We have stayed at this campground several times before.

We ate breakfast at the Big Meadows Lodge. This lodge is one of our favorites and it was fun to return and enjoy being here again. After we ate, we drove south through the park. At the end of Skyline Drive, we drove to the north entrance of the Blue Ridge Parkway. There is no ranger station and there is no fee to drive the parkway. I captured the location on the GPS so we would have information when we returned tomorrow.