November 5 Photography Meetup at Skyline Drive

On Saturday, November 5,2011 I took a trip with the Frederick County Photography Club to Shenandoah National Park. 5 members attended. The fearless leader, Jamie, rented a van and he drove us to Skyline Drive in Virginia. We parked in the Big Meadows parking lot and hiked to Rose River Falls. On the return hike to the van we came across a momma and baby black bear. I was only able to get one shot which if you didn't know you were looking at a baby bear, you would think that it was a black blob.If you scroll down to the bottom of this post you can see what the bear looked like in a picture taken by a true professional. I was the "scaredy cat" of the group. Some of the members of my group were much more "adventurous" than I and got closer to get a better shot.

In some of the pictures you can see the remaining snow from last weekend's unexpected snow storm. Glad we weren't scheduled that weekend!

NOTE: if you click on the picture, a blown up version of image will show.

This is the bear we saw next to our path. This picture was taken by Jamie, our group organizer. Didn't he do a terrific job? Now you see why I stayed away :o)!