Shenandoah National Park, Summer & Fall

We went to Shenandoah National Park during Labor Day weekend and then again last weekend to see the leaves. It's always so refreshing to get out of the city and out into nature. It only takes about 30-45min. of driving from where we live to get out into the country. I LOVE this part of Virginia and keep telling Tom we just need to move out here! It's so gorgeous. I'm all country at heart and being in the city for too long gets me antsy.

Here's a few pictures from Labor Day.

haha like father like son

Tom was too tall so I took over as pack mule.

Here's some from last weekend. First stop was the visitor's center to play in the leaves and run around.

So sweet. He hardly ever holds our hands so I was thrilled to capture a few shots.

This little forest area was so so pretty. There were already tons of people parked and stopped there so I just got some drive by shots.

This was the only overlook we stopped at. It was really windy!

Wind face

Most of the leaves shots I got were from the car since we didn't want to stop too many times. They still turned out pretty!

We made one last stop in the park to let Gray run off his energy. We wore him out and he slept the whole way home.

He loved this.

On our way back I found a "shortcut"(we ended up on a dirt road - last time Tom trusts my shortcuts). It took us through some backcountry roads, though, with beautiful scenery. I could live here for sure. I think it's called Rappahannock County.