6/14/17

Places to Go - Wednesday Night Camping at Shenandoah River State Park (Bentonville, VA)

001-storyboard

A few weeks ago, I had a relatively easy weekday schedule (no real estate work, no weddings to edit) and Dan just finished trial, so he had a few mellow workdays too. Thus, we decided to take the kids out of school a few hours early and head to Shenandoah River State Park to camp for a night. I've wanted to spend a night here for awhile now, but weekends are usually booked solid up to a year in advance.

And now I see why. The campsites are AMAZING!! Huge. Private. Water views. Plus, since the sites are walk-in (a really short walk), you don't have to listen to cars all night long.

Dan fished. We hiked (we didn't see a single other person on any of the trails). P explored. T kept the fire burning. F read (of course).

We saw snakes. And butterflies. And honeysuckle.

Turns out camping on a Wednesday night is pretty awesome. I wish we could go all the time.

Shenandoah River State park is only 75 miles from Arlington (about 1.5 hours away). They also have a zipline course that looks super fun (I really want to try it next visit). You can find more info on the park here.

004-storyboard

The baggage carts were a huge hit. Somewhere along the way they became a "ride".

003-storyboard
007-storyboard
008-storyboard
009-storyboard
011-storyboard
013-storyboard

Seriously, how gorgeous is this campsite?

014-storyboard

Several of the park's trails leave right from the campground. We're hoping to take the kids overnight backpacking this summer (fingers crossed), so T decided to test out his new pack.

015-storyboard
016-storyboard
017-storyboard
018-storyboard

No comments:

Post a Comment

LinkWithin

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...