Posts Tagged ‘Camping’

Beach Camping at Assateague State Park, MD

For our first camping trip of the year, we went to Assateague State Park. Well, we wanted to do the national park but it was full. The state park next to it was available. Anyway, it is about a 4-5 hour drive from northern Virginia. There was a storm warning when we got there. Quickly setup our tents. By the time we were done, it started coming down really hard. The wind speed was actually 40-45 mph throughout the afternoon and night.

We had a great time even though alcohol was forbidden on the site (the ban started this year, go figure).

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Jimmy was trying to get something from his tent during the big storm but couldn’t find the zipper… lol.

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Before and after the storm.

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Assateague State Park, Maryland, MD, Beach, Camping

Camping in Shenandoah Valley, Virginia

Went camping with some friends in Shenandoah Valley on a weekend last month. During the day it was in the 60s if I remember correctly. The temperature dropped pretty quickly after sunset. It had to be in the 30s when we went to sleep. However, the coldest moments were early in the morning. I kept waking up every 10 minutes or so because of sleeping in a fairly thin sleeping bag. The next day we went hiking in Shenandoah National Park. Great weekend, great weather, lots of fun!

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Campsite at KOA Shenandoah Valley

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Lots of tiny spiders near tenting area

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Steak for breakfast

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