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CHRIS AND SARAH’S ELOPEMENT SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK OCTOBER 27, 2020
Join us in our wedding adventure... We want to celebrate our elopement with those that are the closest to us. We will hike to meet the sunset at the Hawksbill Summit in Shenandoah National Park.
6:00 AM Meet at Upper Hawksbill Parking 6:15 AM Begin Hike to Hawksbill Summit 7:30 AM Ceremony Begins 8:00 AM Family and Friends Photos Once the ceremony is complete feel free to complete your own adventure and capture the memories of this wonderful day. We will meet in the evening for a celebration dinner.
This guide will help you plan your stay in the Shenandoah area.
Story of Us
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arah was born and raised in Chesapeake, VA. Sarah graduated from Old Dominion University with a teaching degree, she bagan teaching in 2000. Through a few job changes she has landed at Kempsville High School teaching Entrepreneurship.
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hris was born in Jacksonville, FL and moved to Virginia Beach in 2008. Chris is a business owner of The Grilled Cheese Bistro and currently working on the development of future businesses. Chris and Sarah met in 2016 on a little known app, they both swiped right and began chatting and discovered they both had a passion and love for fitness. On their first ‘ date ’, Sarah fed Chris and he knew she was a keeper. They began to talk everyday and went to the gym together, Sarah marked her territory on that first gym visit. Within a short time, they found they were inseperable. September 2018, Chris asked Sarah to marry her and, of course, she said Yes! Chris and Sarah most memorable times together have been when they travel and especially on a family trip to Georgia, where they hiked the mountains, swam in a watering hole and went White Water Rafting, so what better way to show their love than on a hiking adventure in the mountains.
Hawksbill Summit Trail Map
Hawksbill Mountain is a mountain with an elevation of 4,050 feet. Marking the border between Madison County and Page County in Virginia, the summit of Hawksbill Mountain is the highest point in Shenandoah National Park, as well as the highest point in both Madison and Page counties. From the Upper Hawksbill parking area at mile
Directions Enter Shenandoah National Park using the Thornton Gap Entrance Station in Luray. The Upper Hawksbill Parking is located at milepost 46.5, from there we will take the Upper Hawksbill Trail to Byrds Nest 2 Shelter and then follow the trail to the viewing platform. Retrace your steps to return.
What to Pack We have provided you with a headlamp to start our hike, to meet the sunset we will be hiking a short distance in the dark. Headlamp Water Bottle Hiking backpack Food/Snacks Weather-appropriate clothing Hiking boots or shoes Any other items you need for your own adventure in the Shenandoah National Park
Places to Stay Distance to
ceremony Skyland Resorts* 5 miles Big Meadows Lodge 5 miles Lewis Mountain Cabins 11 miles Days Inn by Wyndham 22 miles Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Camp 22 miles Mimslyn Inn 25 miles
Various VRBO/AirBNBs available in the area *we will be staying at Skyland Resorts
Things to Do Hiking Luray Caverns Cooter’s in Luray The Car and Carriage Caravan Museum Luray Zoo Luray Caverns Winery, Cider and Brewery tours and tasting EarthCaching
Shenandoah National Park Scavenger Hunt While you explore tne National Park, take in all the beauty that surrounds you. Take a picture of the items you find and activities you complete on your adventure.
Nature treasure hunt
Explore Explore the trails or your neighborhood to search for treasures around Explore the the trails trails or or your your neighborhood neighborhood to to search search for for treasures treasures around around you. you. Remember to look high and low to see how many items you can find. you. Remember Remember to to look look high high and and low low to to see see how how many many items items you you can can find. find.
to to look look for: for: Pinecone Pinecone Pinecone Berries Berries on aa branch branch Berries on on a branch Seed Seed pod Seed pod pod Animal Tracks Animal Animal Tracks Tracks Forest Forest animals (deer, Forest animals animals (deer, (deer, squirrels, squirrels, rabbits) squirrels, rabbits) rabbits) Rocks with different Rocks Rocks with with different different features features and colors features and and colors colors Cloud shapes Cloud Cloud shapes shapes
to to smell: smell:
to to listen listen for: for: Birds Birds chirping Birds chirping chirping The wind The The wind wind
Chilly Chilly cheeks Chilly cheeks cheeks Tree bark Tree bark Tree bark Ice Ice Ice
Birds Birds Birds Bird Bird feathers Bird feathers feathers Bird Bird nests Bird nests nests Signs of spring Signs (blades of grass, Signs of of spring spring (blades (blades of of grass, grass, buds buds on the trees) buds on on the the trees) trees)
Pine Pine tree Pine tree tree Fresh Fresh air (discuss what makes Fresh air air (discuss (discuss what what makes makes it it smell fresh) it smell smell fresh) fresh)
Tree Tree bark Tree bark bark Snow Snow Snow
to to feel: feel:
Your Your breath Your breath breath Two types Two of trees (leaf trees Two types types of of trees trees (leaf (leaf trees trees and and pine trees) and pine pine trees) trees) Frozen Frozen puddles Frozen puddles puddles
Water Water dripping/rivers flowing Water dripping/rivers dripping/rivers flowing flowing Footsteps in the snow or leaves Footsteps in the snow or Footsteps in the snow or leaves leaves Crunching Crunching ice (puddles) Crunching ice ice (puddles) (puddles)
Snow Snow or snowflakes (on fingers Snow or or snowflakes snowflakes (on (on fingers fingers and and on your tongue) and on on your your tongue) tongue) Last year's leaves Last Last year's year's leaves leaves Mud Mud Mud
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Thank you for sharing our wedding adventure with us. We look forward to many more adventures together.