September 29, 2022

Hills, Valleys, and Limestone

An Environmental Tour of the Cedar Creek & Belle Grove area


These pictures are from a tour a month ago in the Middletown area. Ranger Rick Ashbacker took a group to "several key locations that highlight the Valley’s unique geologic background and the environmental factors that were crucial to the region’s development."

This was one in a series of History at Sunset Tours at Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park. I’ve done many of these tours over the years, probably all the ones that they have offered. 
 


Cedar Creek winds down from the mountains and joins the Shenandoah near Strasburg.

The tour started in late afternoon and ended at sunset. We were fortunate that it was lovely afternoon and a spectacular sunset.








14 comments:

  1. It looks like a wonderful way to spend the day. The sky is lovely too.

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  2. ...this looked like a wonderful day.

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  3. That looks like a great tour. And what a sunset!

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  4. I was so glad to hear it was an environmental tour...you must have had some interesting tid-bits. The Shenandoah watershed is so important to so many people.

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  5. Looks a good tour, and the skies are wonderful colours.

    All the best Jan

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  6. The tour would have interested me and the sunset at the end was a bonus. Alana ramblinwitham.blogspot.com

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  7. I've taken several similar tours and am always amazed at the insights that the guides have. I love the GPS is Wrong sign.

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  8. So nice you could go on another tour. Keep on learning as long as you can. GPS is wrong again. Sigh. Sunsets at the end are simply gorgeous!

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  9. Beautiful skies. Yes, GPS can be wrong and even dangerous sometimes!

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  10. It' wonderful to see people take advantage of these opportunities.

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