Anna (Tim & Lynn’s daughter) joined us yesterday and has been a great sport putting up with our “Civil War nerdiness.” After our breakfast and coffee, we split into two groups today. One group decided to take this opportunity to drive to Shenandoah National Park to do some hiking. The other group decided to visit a few more battlefields that are close to Richmond.
We keep hoping for some warmer weather, but at lunch at the National Park we were happy to have on every piece of warm clothing we brought for our hike.
We decided on a very moderate hike leaving from the Milam Gap Trailhead which is actually part of the Appalachian Trail. Along the way, we saw a few day hikers plus a couple of people that were doing longer through hikes on the Appalachian Trail.
There were definite signs of spring along the trail.
You can really see why these are called the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Meanwhile, Ellie (the puppy) led the group that went back to some additional important battlefields including Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, and Spoatsylvania. Once again, huge numbers of soldiers on both sides were killed in these battles - in fact, it seems like so many of the battles claim to be the “bloodiest battle.”
Back at our campground for dinner, we compared notes about our days.
Kevin made his famous margaritas that we enjoyed with guacamole and chips.
And Ellie watched over us while we had lots of fun discussing what we had done today!
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