Saturday: Shenandoah National Park neighbors enjoy free admission

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzlPfVbZ3RRIAI0Dl80yGVlJW6wPzf2eeOtsfqrZygBLM5ayHYxLi3o4lzDZw8BckLnWnacaSFRGyamc0pvoo1wxUOrvZ0T25RiLnUmyf3O1EqXULZErik6ay3UBv2VGyzxCIIbjKp5opg/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzlPfVbZ3RRIAI0Dl80yGVlJW6wPzf2eeOtsfqrZygBLM5ayHYxLi3o4lzDZw8BckLnWnacaSFRGyamc0pvoo1wxUOrvZ0T25RiLnUmyf3O1EqXULZErik6ay3UBv2VGyzxCIIbjKp5opg/s400/1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <i>June 14, 2013 ... mountain laurel is in full bloom along Skyline Drive.</i></div><br />Tomorrow -- Saturday, June 15 -- residents from AUGUSTA, Albemarle, Greene, Madison, Nelson, Page, Rappahannock, Rockingham, and Warren Counties receive free admission to Shenandoah National Park in honor of <a href="http://www.nps.gov/shen/parknews/shenandoah-national-park-continues-neighbor-appreciation-day-2013.htm">Neighbor Appreciation Day</a> plus discounts on items in the bookstores and on some items in gift shops and restaurants.<br /><br />DNC, the park's official concessioner, plans to provide a 10% discount on select items in their retail stores and a 10% discount on food and some beverage items at all their restaurants. The Shenandoah National Park Association, which supports the interpretive and educational activities of Shenandoah National Park, will offer a 20% discount on all items in their bookstores located in the Dickey Ridge and Byrd Visitor Centers.<br /><br />Visitors wishing to take advantage of these discounts will be required to show proof of residency by showing their Virginia driver's license.<br /><br />A trip along the Skyline Drive on Friday was filled with wildflowers and mountain laurel blooming in profusion throughout the Park. With comfortable temperatures and low humidity, Saturday should be a perfect day to visit.<br /><br />Photo by Lynn R. Mitchell<br />Shenandoah National Park<br />June 14, 2013

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  June 14, 2013 ... mountain laurel is in full bloom along Skyline Drive. Tomorrow -- Saturday, June 15 -- residents from AUGUSTA, Albemarle...

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