Travel, Hiking and Camping

Location : Big meadows Campground Shenandoah National Park, VA Website : http://www.nps.gov/shen/index.htm Visited : 17 - 19 July 2015 Camping in Shenandoah National Park requires prior booking during summer season, even for a regular weekend. You can reserve campsites here . So today I will take you through our camping experience in Shenandoah National Park. There are several campgrounds available in Shenandoah National Park,  we came at Big Meadows Campground. Day 1: Friday We reached our campground at 8.15 in the night and the drive on the skyline drive was breath taking. As there was a possibility of scattered thunderstorms, the clouds were passing by and oh boy! It was fantastic. Due to the passing clouds and the sunlight peeking through there was a yellow hue all around it was truly a sight for sore eyes. As we reached the camp ground we registered at the front office and headed to out campsite No.111 on B loop. We set up our tent and canopy and had dinner by ...

Location : Sigel, PA 15860 Website : http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/allegheny/recreation/recarea/?recid=6103&actid=33 Visited : May 29 2015 - May 30 2015 Loleta Recreational campgrounds is located on the southern part of Allegheny National forest. Our plan was to camp here for 2 nights and 3 days. But thunder storm dampened our plan and we had to cut short our camping for 1 night and 2 days.

Location : Shawnee state park  132 State Park Rd, Schellsburgh, PA 15559 Website :  http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/findapark/shawnee/#camping Visited : May 22 2015 - May 24 2015 We camped at Shawnee State Park during the Memorial day weekend. If you are planning for camping (tent or camper) during holiday weekends, I would highly suggest you to book   well ahead of time. It will be almost impossible to get reservation at the last moment. You may need to reserver 2 nights minimum during holiday weekends.  You can make reservations here .  The park is easy to locate with the GPS navigation. It is just off the highway 70/ 76