Balitmore or Bust

 A few weeks ago we took the kids up to Baltimore to visit their cousins by way of Shenandoah National Park. Among other things, we learned on this trip that when a road is described as "scenic" it also means th road "may cause nausea for everyone in the car except Dad."  As you can guess, we had to take a lot of stops to "enjoy the scenery."

They had some great hikes that the kids really enjoyed. We even managed to sneak up on a mother dear and her two fawns. This was only possible because A) the deer live in the campground and routinely ignore humans, and B) we were warned by the hikers in front of us to proceed quietly. 

 At one point in the hike we had a choice between Bearfence Rock Scramble or the Bearfence Viewpoint hikes. Can you tell which one we chose? This particular hike probably took a year off of Ryan's life, but the kids and I had a great time. It's hard to stop jumping from rock to rock once you get started. Carl did a great job, since he's been scrambling up things since he was 10 months old.

Our next stop was Baltimore to visit our cousins and enjoy some less dangerous past-times.

We loved the aquarium and thankfully no one has started having nightmares about sharks.