43 — Shenandoah Hike

W8, Saturday, September, 2014.

I was the first one to sign up for a day-hike at Shenandoah National Park. This picture was taken at 1900 on Thursday.

There were more people who were on this list joining the hike.

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We left the campus at 0730.

0750 We were in the van on the way. Photo Credit : John Storrow.

0800 Stop for breakfast.

0850 Hit the road again.

1100 Arrived.

1110 Ready for the hike.

Photo Credit : John Storrow.

1125 Group photo. Photo Credit: Brian.

1200 Take a break.

1240 Another break.

1300 Short break.

Photo Credit: Brian.

1310 Scenic spot.

Photo Credit: Brian.

Photo Credit: Brian.

Photo Credit: Brian.

Photo Credit: Brian.

Photo Credit: Brian.

Photo Credit: Brian.

Photo Credit: Brian.

1330 Narrow passage.

Photo Credit: Brian.

Photo Credit: Brian.

1350 Taking pictures of flowers.

1400 Scenic spot.

Photo Credit: Brian.

Photo Credit: Brian.

Photo Credit: Brian.

Photo Credit: Brian.

1445 Group photo. Photo Credit: Brian.

Photo Credit: Brian.

1500 Sign to the summit. Photo Credit: Brian.

Photo Credit: Brian.

Photo Credit: Brian.

Reach the summit.

1505 Late lunch.

Photo Credit: Brian.

Photo Credit: Brian.

Photo Credit: Brian.

Photo Credit : John Storrow.

1530 Group photo.

I like the posture — saying hi in Taiwan style. Photo Credit: Brian.

1545 Byrd’s Nest.

Photo Credit: Brian.

Photo Credit: Brian.

1615 Take a break.

Photo Credit : John Storrow.

Photo Credit: Brian.

1620 Keep hiking.

1650 Creek. Photo Credit: Brian.

1720 Keep walking.

1740 Back to the parking lot.

I tried to take pictures of those bales of hay on the way back. This was the first time I had seen them in the field, instead of theme parks. It was hard for me to take pictures from the back of a moving van.

I thought I would come back to take pictures of them one day.

In 2017, I was excited when I saw bales of hay while traveling in New Zealand.

1810 Stop for dinner.

1930 Leave the restaurant.

Tyron was so amazing.

He drove us to the hike, hiked with us, and drove us back to the campus.

He didn’t take any rest while I napped in the van all the way back to the campus.

2120 Back to the campus.

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Brian gave me the files of pictures he and John took during this hike via a thumb drive the next day, so I got a copy of their pictures.

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