Window on the World: Mountain laurel, wildflowers blooming in Shenandoah National Park

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKkF3xcGM64XU88alaM5Rzm-oDD8wVFZr03xxeW6p-T-iRpkGnCH3-9F1QJt9TZTNt6NQLHVLvzWial0Ns3Lijmbj7PfvbzvJJipgfuk9LxxC0Cet4VDD7xWh9x02hdomdeyd6lEbPxadC/s1600/10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKkF3xcGM64XU88alaM5Rzm-oDD8wVFZr03xxeW6p-T-iRpkGnCH3-9F1QJt9TZTNt6NQLHVLvzWial0Ns3Lijmbj7PfvbzvJJipgfuk9LxxC0Cet4VDD7xWh9x02hdomdeyd6lEbPxadC/s400/10.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Friday, June 14 ... spent the day along the Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park where the mountain laurel and a variety of wildflowers are in full bloom.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIigUHWuL3Li-i7q9gK1PymfLYYfU-mSxTSUt4j-Cs8ju4sNl9eXytw0uwIfwVK0z6eP-HIpHsfJyueNi4rV-xy8co4WpD556mtcUVsruUswXVmD4iqlyKOhTk9K53dW0jtk1xuc_tVipP/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/AVvXsEjIigUHWuL3Li-i7q9gK1PymfLYYfU-mSxTSUt4j-Cs8ju4sNl9eXytw0uwIfwVK0z6eP-HIpHsfJyueNi4rV-xy8co4WpD556mtcUVsruUswXVmD4iqlyKOhTk9K53dW0jtk1xuc_tVipP/s400/1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwlf2xNe1dWs84TcBiAB6UGosonG-bLktdyvHTiaqk4eZw4DJ33BgvvugsrOGu4y_B1n-pzCcxrnV5WBdxIYWn5Fdc2cWaQb_eV7VUM5dYLjhVx4TlQSvMKVo0XzUD8EaiZcb9BrXpMYeP/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwlf2xNe1dWs84TcBiAB6UGosonG-bLktdyvHTiaqk4eZw4DJ33BgvvugsrOGu4y_B1n-pzCcxrnV5WBdxIYWn5Fdc2cWaQb_eV7VUM5dYLjhVx4TlQSvMKVo0XzUD8EaiZcb9BrXpMYeP/s400/2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtwjtFtVPeAWqB_jQtSDkdtQCdIvvAouuu6E-UUIl7_7g3Dw9SPcrD7JZfI6D18gsFUnaRlK78XMzmnvn1SNnoWwxv6sNnw371AlgIezobH2azycSg-y8G8uscQstqZPsN5FlqHT16gGzb/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtwjtFtVPeAWqB_jQtSDkdtQCdIvvAouuu6E-UUIl7_7g3Dw9SPcrD7JZfI6D18gsFUnaRlK78XMzmnvn1SNnoWwxv6sNnw371AlgIezobH2azycSg-y8G8uscQstqZPsN5FlqHT16gGzb/s400/3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Camp site at Loft Mountain as campers began arriving. It will be a great weekend with cool temps, low humidity, and sunny weather.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPYIynR86C_faWXS5j26nIvY_42Yw6XgChyhormT53SZGhB8WwiUM1fCHE1nuEvQIgxpfCP2O1a4EE5XqgmytyUftVIQ42FcUgN5JxmKYQ103ttrgH1DPDEzBru7Uatu1uRtAC3R88tLy1/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPYIynR86C_faWXS5j26nIvY_42Yw6XgChyhormT53SZGhB8WwiUM1fCHE1nuEvQIgxpfCP2O1a4EE5XqgmytyUftVIQ42FcUgN5JxmKYQ103ttrgH1DPDEzBru7Uatu1uRtAC3R88tLy1/s400/4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_xyeMguDaMLzHgKzDYLdPI9NRU6yYPtiSB0W4J6vBXkddQTvD5LAsKbqkvJuCYG15eZSUQkk_XMB5Nf6QHQG1FONTdGod3cm7y4kLMsqcO57v2o18Hq5wUNFzMG7B8QTijN2b6dvwfL33/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_xyeMguDaMLzHgKzDYLdPI9NRU6yYPtiSB0W4J6vBXkddQTvD5LAsKbqkvJuCYG15eZSUQkk_XMB5Nf6QHQG1FONTdGod3cm7y4kLMsqcO57v2o18Hq5wUNFzMG7B8QTijN2b6dvwfL33/s640/5.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0qFEYxe19WHgNJeRN9V2THUG40J58MKvzj1DAqUSFbHF7RLx4pBi46Zxd8VOQvzOGDHvuxUJJVY7LooqBii-P9x_sON29vXhH439h01rtBuJnMk5zJF5-ClXVVULatudVgp5BXWUuhPlB/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0qFEYxe19WHgNJeRN9V2THUG40J58MKvzj1DAqUSFbHF7RLx4pBi46Zxd8VOQvzOGDHvuxUJJVY7LooqBii-P9x_sON29vXhH439h01rtBuJnMk5zJF5-ClXVVULatudVgp5BXWUuhPlB/s640/6.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABA6-vck3yGRxzrkoEj3K6MMapQqTvmSA-gt0nqteDpVWp-h4uBTfYa218gamFz7fgivB2bNs4gSDBSeRjAqeWyzkJDooUUAGiVy_pjvCCWaIJshnB4oy5hiVfK-M-9zVOQKuI6m5k0MF/s1600/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABA6-vck3yGRxzrkoEj3K6MMapQqTvmSA-gt0nqteDpVWp-h4uBTfYa218gamFz7fgivB2bNs4gSDBSeRjAqeWyzkJDooUUAGiVy_pjvCCWaIJshnB4oy5hiVfK-M-9zVOQKuI6m5k0MF/s400/7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJFUjmfMABJWbf2SAC1sxVXKoq-hkLNlijsSFpDow8P7nC9YSZiIFqBUI4KDgAjmjT44dknHNmwn6qVe7q3cp6fUGUiJsTBCMIDWFslKGq28Q4EgLe51kYgSsUvOgBdR4Ef7SAkTH0Zs8P/s1600/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJFUjmfMABJWbf2SAC1sxVXKoq-hkLNlijsSFpDow8P7nC9YSZiIFqBUI4KDgAjmjT44dknHNmwn6qVe7q3cp6fUGUiJsTBCMIDWFslKGq28Q4EgLe51kYgSsUvOgBdR4Ef7SAkTH0Zs8P/s400/8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Looking at Waynesboro in the Shenandoah Valley.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEu9yMocHpgDk1BlncAw8DS25LYA9KOR7wz717xjl1PjruADaF9LgOMB5DMYsUBRBJe5H9tI8K6gE1vIY7lvjo_AJPjsgRakXWGcrodbQMhxqeVsUg-cnoWy4wkKDCbMbHQ3XPEb8iLumT/s1600/9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEu9yMocHpgDk1BlncAw8DS25LYA9KOR7wz717xjl1PjruADaF9LgOMB5DMYsUBRBJe5H9tI8K6gE1vIY7lvjo_AJPjsgRakXWGcrodbQMhxqeVsUg-cnoWy4wkKDCbMbHQ3XPEb8iLumT/s400/9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr7XhVFrHE7vh15uCOBCU3IOkJPdtytlHBRhVx8qwhb0g375L0OljVFDYkn0NbHB_UocYTlO-q-t8YqC6clYpyxi_WAMmghtJQblNDU4YaUBKOwHHa8f2anubzyn256YcWjW4SYQjIZXLg/s1600/11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr7XhVFrHE7vh15uCOBCU3IOkJPdtytlHBRhVx8qwhb0g375L0OljVFDYkn0NbHB_UocYTlO-q-t8YqC6clYpyxi_WAMmghtJQblNDU4YaUBKOwHHa8f2anubzyn256YcWjW4SYQjIZXLg/s400/11.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell<br />Shenandoah National Park<br />June 14, 2013

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Friday, June 14 ... spent the day along the Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park where the mountain laurel and a variety of wildflowers...

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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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