{"id":8314,"date":"2025-04-27T21:48:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T01:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/?p=8314"},"modified":"2025-05-07T20:13:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T00:13:02","slug":"sometimes-i-just-need-to-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/artrageousblog\/?p=8314","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes I Just Need to Drive…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There have been a lot of changes in the last few months–like, seriously, a lot<\/em> of changes–and I’m still trying to make sense of a world that doesn’t include Wayne. There are so very many things I miss from our years together, including how we would often do long, rambling drives on pretty weekends. As I’ve said before, I truly believe that adventures are best when shared, but since that’s no longer option, out of necessity I’m becoming more comfortable doing things by myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite having tentative plans for Sunday, April 27th, I was also having very compelling “John Muir moments”:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’d recently renewed my annual national park pass, so I entered the Shenandoah National Park at the southern entrance of the Skyline Drive. Despite the brilliant sunshine, the temperature was just in the mid-40s and there was a strong breeze blowing. I wasn’t dressed warmly enough for any walks\/hikes, but it was a wonderful day to go for a drive on the mountain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Looking West – the beautiful, wide Shenandoah Valley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Looking West – Waynesboro, Virginia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Skyline Drive winds along the crest of the mountain, so overlooks can offer views to the west or to the east. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Looking East – Interstate 64 as seen from the Beagle Gap Overlook on the Skyline Drive<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Looking East – The development in the lower part of the picture is “Old Trail” near Crozet, Virginia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Looking West – Super zoomed in (WOW!!) on Waynesboro, Virginia from the Skyline Drive<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Looking East – Sugar Hollow Dam and Reservoir from the Moormans River Overlook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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200,000 acres in the Shenandoah National Park, and deer choose to graze here…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The parking area was full–lots of people were on the mountain this pretty Sunday morning.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I have many good, powerful–and bittersweet–memories of our hikes<\/a> to Blackrock Summit over the years…<\/p>\n\n\n\n