Early the next morning we continued east from Blackwater Falls SP. Another beautiful drive through the mountains, even though there was a dense fog. We followed Hwy 48 out of West Virginia into Virginia, most of the way following a scenic 2-lane winding mountain road that was great fun to drive. We wound our way up to the tallest peak yet, where we drove out of West Virginia into Virginia. We drove on to Front Royal, the northern entrance to Shenandoah NP. We drove up the Skyline Drive, but soon were fogged in. Could only see about 10 feet ahead. At MM22 we pulled off into Mathews Arm Campground and got a site and crashed for a while.
After lunch, we backtracked to the visitor center at MM5, stopping at vistas along the way. With the fog, visibility wasn’t the greatest.
The visitor center was closed (due to Covid), a common theme of this trip, so we roamed around outside.
In the photo below, you can see a stretch of Skyline Drive toward the top left corner.
Driving back to the Mathews Arm Campground, we stopped at more vistas along the way. But it was still foggy.
We spent the rest of the day fogged-in at our site. That night our house battery went bad.
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American Locations 4: Skyline Drive-Blue Ridge Parkway-Smoky Mountains trip (fall, 2020) – Mathews Arm Campground, on the Skyline Drive National Road in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
From the North Rim 