Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Bear Fence

We didn't have a white Christmas, but a couple days after we did have gorgeous weather.  If it's not going to snow, what could be better than a nice warm winter day?!  That Saturday it was in the upper 50s.  After jobs and such at home, we drove up to the ever-so-close Shenandoah National Park for a hike.  We went on the Bear Fence trail.  The hike was really fun, really rocky, with a really great view---almost 360-degrees!

I forgot our "regular" camera, so these are all cell phone pictures.  Though either way our cameras aren't super great! 
Dec 27 2014 Shenandoah National Park Bear Fence Hike

Dec 27 2014 Shenandoah National Park Bear Fence Hike (2)

We made it to the "top".  What a great view of the valley.
Dec 27 2014 Shenandoah National Park Bear Fence Hike (4)

Dec 27 2014 Shenandoah National Park Bear Fence Hike (5)

Dec 27 2014 Shenandoah National Park Bear Fence Hike (6)

Dec 27 2014 Shenandoah National Park Bear Fence Hike (7)

Dec 27 2014 Shenandoah National Park Bear Fence Hike (8)

Dec 27 2014 Shenandoah National Park Bear Fence Hike (9)

Shanna wanted an all-sky picture.
Dec 27 2014 Shenandoah National Park Bear Fence Hike (10)

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Heading back down.
Dec 27 2014 Shenandoah National Park Bear Fence Hike (12)

Dec 27 2014 Shenandoah National Park Bear Fence Hike (13)

Dec 27 2014 Shenandoah National Park Bear Fence Hike (14)

It was about a 1.5 to 2 mile round-trip hike.  There is another great look-out in Shenandoah National Park with a super short hike--Stoney Man.  It's great having this park so close.  We need to utilize it more this year!

1 comment:

Deb B said...

Hey, did you get the year pass for the park?