Shenandoah National Park 2011

The apple orchard we go to (Stribling) is in Markham, VA which is fairly close to Shenandoah National Park.  Last year we had gone to Shenandoah with B earlier in the week to see if the leaves had changed color yet and our 7 day pass was still good, so after the apples, we headed over to Shenandoah again.  This year, B and I bought a year pass to Shenandoah when we camped there in May so the kids and I drove into Shenandoah and had a picnic.  The leaves hadn't changed too much yet, just a tree here or there.  We saw three deer really close to the car (we stopped on Skyline Drive and rolled down the windows to say hi to them on the side of the road across one skinny lane of traffic). 

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