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Actually, we only did the northern third of Skyline Drive -- and the northern end of the Shenandoah Valley, for that matter -- so we missed some of the supposedly most spectacular views, but what we saw was lovely. Plus, one of the first things we saw was a bear mama and cub! No traffic, so we stopped the car and watched them for a while. Cub ran up a tree and kept peeking out at us, then he realized mama had wandered off and finally ran after her. We didn't watch them until they were out of sight because we'd seen so much of them up close seemed silly to hang around until they topped the crest or whatever.
Also saw many, many deer around the resort; second last day we watched a couple that were four or five feet from the car; last time we got that close to a deer in the wild was at Cade's Cove in the Great Smokey Mountain National Park, when a deer was right up against a fence by the road. We see deer so much around home that we don't get too excited about deer a little ways off, but having one that close is pretty unusual!
We stayed at the Pines, above Mount Jackson; a nice resort, but we were in one of the units furthest in, and middle daughter got an upset tummy a couple of times while we were there. Twisty roads don't get to my tummy if I'm driving or in the front seat, but unless you can see out a good ways (we had a nice deck with a great view of the trees....), I like looking at the mountains better than being well in them, so we'll give one of the Massanutten Resorts a shot next time we're out. That complex is closer to the second two thirds of Skyline Drive anyhow.
Got back to discover dad's radiation therapy is being delayed and he's on a less-effective hormone therapy until they can get that going. On the upside, mom and dad must've misunderstood someone -- although his I-forget-what counts are still high enough they want radiation therapy, so far as they can tell the cancer has *not* spread to his lymph nodes yet, so I was happy to hear that part!
~ I crawled down the aisle! 
Our 4th will be the usual unempressive weekend............. Hubbys working Sat., I'm working Mon.(maybe him too). Enjoy yours!!
While I may have some doubts about that tale, I'd guess you were younger your wedding day than I was on mine (I was 27).
Hubby kept saying it was the fireworks; I'd say they contributed, but mostly it was bonfires, going on the strong smell of wood smoke.
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