Thursday morning we ventured into the Shenandoah National Park. After a gorgeous and relaxing cruise up Skyline Drive we arrived at the trail that would eventually get us to the summit of Stonyman Point and finally our picnic site. Mr. Jim Reid, the head of the Woodberry Forest Science Department, set up and led us on this wonderful journey.
The hike up to the summit was beautiful just on it's own. I'm not sure many campers took time to really notice "why" the area is called Stonyman. It seemed we quickly reached the summit. The campers were so eager, they just breezed right up this little trail. The rock that is naturally laid out among the terrain, was interesting. There were some really spectactular arrangements.
Each team had their picture taken on top of the rock formation found at the summit. It was extremely breezy on top and the air felt somewhere in the low 70's. The view, as you can see from the photos, was amazing. There were lots of ooh's and ah's!
After our little photo session, it was off to the Appalachian Trail. We hiked about 90 minutes to our picnic site. This area was carved out by the CCC in the 1930's. Coach Alexander gave a little history lesson once the hike was over. The hike was just challenging enough to engage everyone and was very picturesque.
Many of the campers fell asleep on the way back to Woodberry. It was much needed rest after five days of constant activity and playing hard. The group was delighted to find out that when we arrived at WFS Coach Alexander told them they could use the next three hours to rest, work on their skit and most importantly, write those highly anticipated letters to their families!
Dinner was at 6pm and then the evening games. Below are the results. Don't forget to click on the Picasa link daily for new photos. You can go to Elaine's Public Gallery and see all of the albums from each day. Enjoy!
Basketball
LSU vs. Duke LSU 44 - 26
Football
Florida vs. Texas Florida 7 – 6 OT
Hockey
UNC vs. Penn State UNC 6 - 3
Lacrosse
Virginia vs. Michigan Michigan 4 - 1
Soccer
Ohio State vs. Notre Dame Notre Dame 4 - 2
Softball
Oklahoma vs. USC USC 3 - 2
