Dark Hollow Falls near the Appalachian Trail in the Shenandoah National Park provided a delightful setting for this picture of our hiking/camping group. Pictured from left are Ted Kmet, Noelle Silk and Dot Morrison, all of Gainesville, FL, yours truly, and Lynn Rush of Mansfield. Ted, who summers in Ohio, Lynn and I spent a week tent camping and hiking in the park. We were joined in our adventure for several days by the Gainesville ladies.

Saturday we will share some photos of the hiking adventure and Tuesday, a story on the hikes themselves. Thursday will feature a story on the metamorphosis of the Monarch butterfly and we will tell you about the "huts" used by overnight hikers along the AT in the following Saturday's story.

A delightful side-bar to our outdoor adventure in the Virginia mountains was a visit to the Luray Caverns. That story will conclude our coverage of this marvelous experience.