Shenandoah Mountains National Park Visit

This summer I went to visit my best friend Meredith where she lives, Washington D.C. While there we decided it would be fun to do a day trip someone. After some research online we decided on the Shenandoah Mountains. We wanted to drive Skyline Drive, a 100 mile long curvy road through the mountains and national park. Early on it was raining, but it cleared up, revealing some truly awesome views. These are some pictures she and I took:

At the highest point on the mountain, we ate at a cafe. It was interesting how even in the summer, it was chilly up at the top. a thick fog descended as we were driving out, which you saw in a couple of the pictures above. Overall, this was super fun! we didn't see any black bears, which was a bummer, but we had fun seeing how beautiful nature is.

• This relates to environmental science because it reinforced in my mind how important our national parks are. In order to conserve the beauty of America we need to maintain boundaries and respect nature as it is without our meddling. I've camped in national parks before and just really cherish that we even have such parks. Protecting the environment is an important way to show respect to our country and it's heritage.