A Date at Shenandoah National Park - Blackberry Shakes!
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- čas přidán 23. 08. 2024
- Join Julie and I as we do a fall hike in Shenandoah National Park. We explored the Rapidan Camp where President Herbert Hoover would relax and fish the trout streams. After that we enjoyed a nice lunch at the Big Meadows Lodge. The day was capped off with some famous blackberry milkshakes. Thanks for watching!
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What a wonderful week end away together- colors or no colors. You are so much fun to be with. I love you!
Love you too! :) Adding to the great memories!
Such a adorable moment getting those milkshakes. God bless your new friend Cynthia. You’re right Julie. Just be nice and kind to people and you will be blessed🙏🏻❤ Loved the video. Tom is taking the kids there in November. Looks like a wonder place. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for all your sweet and encouraging words, Gayle!
Hoovervilles! A great way to remember Herbert Hoover. Grapes of Wrath directed by John Ford is a great movie that goes along with him. Love the video and thanks for remembering our forefathers.
Right on...appreciate hearing that!
We recently traveled to Shenandoah. We did the Old Rag Hike to the summit with some fun rock scrambles. I looked through the videos and wasn't sure if you had done that hike or not but wanted to recommend it if you haven't. We love your videos and always watch as we are planning our next national park trips. Thank you!
Hi Ann, enjoyed you recommendation (it's on the bucket list!) and kind words of encouragement. All the best to you and your family!
My wife and I , and our 5 kids were just here last week! We hiked Dark Hollow Falls trail and then went for BlackBerry IceCream.
We believe Cynthia is still working (4 years later) 🙂
Love your videos
Thanks
Great story, Brian! Thanks for sharing that!
Randy, What nice weather you had on this visit for the two of you. Sorry you missed the beautiful foliage, but then it would’ve been really crowded. I find it rare that when I go to see the fall colors there isn’t also a lot of people in the way. Olympic National Park is one of the few places we’ve enjoyed fall foliage without those big crowds. Also, nice to go often to the park that’s near where you live, Shanandoah looks like a wonderful and peaceful location. I’m so glad your friends at your church encouraged you to have lunch at the National Park Lodge. It’s sometimes hit and miss with food at these places but looks like you did really well, we try to treat ourselves to a meal at these historic lodges when we can (we have some great ones here in Washington State). THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR HIKE AND VISIT, . . . Mike
Thanks so much, Mike! We just returned last week from driving the entire 369 miles on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Thankfully we hit the colors on this trip! Have a super weekend!
Difference between a mile and a half back and 7 miles back. Yea, definitely been in those situations before lol. Food ALWAYS wins. Hear ya on the fall foliage, definitely hit or miss sometimes. We were lucky to have extended our stay around the Smokies and got it at pretty much peak! We usually have bad luck on timing lol. Thanks for sharing sir, this place was awesome! - Shane
Thanks, Shane. Great to hear your affirmation! Rarely do I hit the timing right - put way too much confidence in the "leaf changing charts!" Have a great Thanksgiving!
Cool hike and nice to see your wife. Fun times.
Thanks! Nice to get away, just the two of us! Have a great Thanksgiving!
Hey Randy and Julie....just watched your Shenendoah N.P Video...as usual, enjoyed watching....Comment about taking Julie out to eat was a good one...cudos to your Church member!!!! We took our two Sons there when they were young and stayed at the Big Meadows Lodge for three days and ate at their restaurant with the high beamed ceiling...Drove all of Skyline Drive, and continued on to the Blue Ridge Parkway all the way to Smokey Mountain N.P.....Very beautiful drive!!!We were living in New York at the time... Hank and Pam from South Texas!!
Hey guys, great to hear from you! Loved reading your comment! Shenandoah is the closest National Park to our home. We were hoping for some fall colors, but didn't get to see much of it. Still a great time. And the Blue Ridge Parkway - did a little driving on that when we were at GSMNP last summer. Going from GSMNP to Shenandoah of the Parkway must have been one incredible drive. Great that you have these memories!
Yup...it was....all 469 miles of it...plus 105 on Skyline Drive....you can get off the parkway from time to time....ex. we went to the Biltmore Mansion for a tour....to see how the other half used to live...the Vanderbilts...All the best to you and Family!!!
@@hankbern9847 Thanks, Hank - same to you!
$100 a night - wow but worth it for your good lady. Hiking, no children, yes that is nice and I know you miss the kids but it is so nice to spend time together, just the two of you. Never mind the wrong trail, it was an awesome trail and the weather looked pretty cool to me and great photos of the girls when they were young. Food at the lodge looked very good and as I love blackberries, the shakes looked good too, especially with ice cream. Looks like you both had a blast, cheers Alan
Thanks, Alan! Great comments, observations! Just like Mrs. Metalman, we need to take care of these special ladies!
Hi friend. We always enjoy your videos. We are in Luray for a few days before heading to the next leg of our journey. We're checking out this video to get some ideas of what we may want to do while we're in the area. Thanks for always sharing such great content!
Seems like we need to make sure to get a blackberry shake with blackberry ice cream-and we'll have to look for Cynthia.
Not only did we make sure to get blackberry shakes, we went back for seconds. Those were fantastic! Thanks for the suggestion.
Hope you had a great time in Shenandoah! Appreciate the kind words!
I was just about to ask it you made it in for the shakes! lol! Glad to hear it was a good experience! :)
@@AmericasParks We definitely had a great time. And the shakes were fantastic!
Shenandoah National Park looks amazing...Ha that ain't cold for October! Always nice to have time for just the two of you. Have a rockin day.
Thanks, my friend! Always encouraged by your thoughtful and kind words! Enjoy your week!
Another beautiful park out east! We are so accustomed to our parks here in tbe west. All your eastern videos are calling us to head that way once I retire (soon)! Thanks for continuing to share. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
We always say the same thing about the Parks out West! :) Hope you can get out this way and have a wonderful Thanksgiving yourself!
I really want a blackberry smoothie now. Great video.
I hear ya! It's always another motivating factor to visit Shenandoah!
Spectacular share friends yinz never cease to amaze on your explorers beautiful there
So fun to get out, especially with the "better half!"
We met at the top of the channel islands back in June. If you are ever down in NC or SC or Virginia let us know and we'll meet up and go hiking at some cool spots! We went yesterday as a matter of fact.lol
Yes! Thanks for staying in touch! Thanks so much for the invite. Will need to keep that in mind! Have a great week...
We love Shenandoah!! Had such a great time and the icecream is awesome. We didn't have shakes but did have the icecream. Loved this place! Great video!!! Will have to check out all those houses you saw. Didn't do that hike but would like to, next time.
So thankful this place is only a few hours from our house! Thanks for all your support!
Now that's what I call a date. It wont be long till me and Pennie will be hitting some spots up on our own also. We had 10 of us at Yosemite yesterday! Enjoy your thanks giving! The shake looked great!
Glad to hear you are enjoying your trip! Yeah, so nice with the children being more independent! Have a super Thanksgiving!
Love it, Randy! Great to have a date trip! Fall colors weren’t great, but still great! We eat at Lodges all the time! Ha! That was sweet of them!!! Lol! Cynthia! Good to be friendly!
Hey, Kay hope you guys are doing well! Appreciate the kind words. Yes, the Lodge was great (and reasonably priced). Cynthia was the best! :) Hope you and Matt have a great Thanksgiving!
@@AmericasParks We are doing well! Hope the same for you and yours! Happy Thanksgiving!
You said it right, "Creation".
Amen! Thanks for catching that and passing along the edification!
I can’t remember when our Presidents were in office either... it would be nice to have learned about the positive smaller things they did as well as the big events they were involved in. Had to laugh about the peanut butter and your travel food - saw that in person! Love how you made friends with the milkshake lady and the looks from the guys behind 😂😂😂
haha, had to "freeze frame" those two guys! Wondered what was going through their minds! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving! And btw, our best meal on the CA trip came on your boat!
I didn’t realize that Shenandoah national Park was the closest one to you. I’ve never been there before but it looks like they have great trails there. A black berry shake and a freebie is always nice! Great job as always my friend.
Yeah, of the "Big 60" it's the closest - about 4-5 hours away. Acadia and the Smoky Mountains would be next. That's what I love about the West. You can hit so many Parks on one trip!
Hey you guys were in our backyard! Actually we’re about an hour from SNP. Was good to see you guys in places we’re familiar with! So Camp Hoover is one of our favorite hikes. We usually bring a picnic and eat on the deck there. The river has trout in it and they say Hoover was an avid fisherman. We like the lodge too. We usually grab food in the pub. At night they have live music. If you camp at Big Meadows it’s nice to have that as a good option in case you don’t feel like cooking. Take care, and happy thanksgiving!
That is really cool! For some reason I had you guys living further up the East Coast. Totally agree - neat to see someone's videos and say, "I stood right there as well!" Such a beautiful area. Hope to hit the fall colors there one of these days! Have a great Thanksgiving!
Lovely vlog to watch! Beautiful hike, also enjoyed your river crossings, great fun! I thought the 30s for Hoover based on my very limited knowledge, but hey...😎👍👍👍
Nice job with your American history! Impressive!
Looks like an awesome time with your wife. Always enjoy your videos my friend.
Thanks, my friend! Have a great Thanksgiving!
WOww! that is soo sweet!
Thanks so much! Appreciate the kind words!
We didn't have the colors for long ourselves - a lot of the leaves were taken off by really big wind storms. This is a beautiful spot. I didn't know about the cabin when I was on that road. Randy, you're cleaning up in the milk shake department! Send one of those my direction next time!
Ice Cream is definitely my weakness! I could have drained 15 of those shakes!
Wow! Nice work scoring the extra shake! :) I have a feeling the mystery family may need some of those blackberry shakes too since they sent you to the lodge! Glad to see you guys got some date time on the trail together!
Thanks, my friend! It was nice to pull out that extra milkshake! Have a blessed Thanksgiving!
@@AmericasParks Happy Thanksgiving to you as well!
Haha like the rule of below 40 degrees! Stef and I don’t do cockroaches or nasty hotels either, one reason we got the Airstream! I bet it was nice to get out just the two of you and spend some time together! That’s crazy you haven’t eaten at a lodge before, haha mystery family for the win! The food looked really good!
It was a great day! Over 20 years of raising 4 children and we haven't had the concentrated time together. Wouldn't trade it, but it's nice as the kids are getting older and more independent. Those blackberry shakes were the best!
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Thanks, hope you enjoyed it!
Beautiful area. Take your wife on getaways frequently. They will be memories for a lifetime.
Appreciate that good reminder! It's nice to be able to spend more time alone for a longer period of time now that the children are older.