June is bringing in the first hint of summer weather after the longest stretch of beautiful spring weather I can remember around here. Still not bad but warm enough for me to head up to the mountain for some cooler temps. I did a skateboard park ride, meaning I started at the bottom of the bowl, 2000 ft elevation, rode south and uphill on the Blue Ridge Parkway to the Raven Roost summit, 3300 feet, then rode back downhill, stopping at my car to replace my water bottle and continued north on to Skyline Drive in Shenandoah NP up to McCormick Gap at 2600 ft. 30 miles, 3000 ft climbing all told. You can see clear skies overhead but summertime haze brewing down lower in the pics.
The little “hump” in the distance is Humpback Rock. It’s featured in a lot of tourism promo photos for Virginia. Near 360 degree view of Shenandoah and Rockfish Valleys.
Ravens Roost, looking NW at Shenandoah Valley
Roosting a little myself.
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