Shenandoah Valley, again

Hi, everybody.  This is Munchkin again.  The thunderstorms are gone.  Mom has a picture she wants me to show of the mountains before we entered the Shenandoah Valley, from the highway:

From here, we drove over a pass and into the valley.  These aren't as big as the mountains in the Sierras, but they are pretty good mountains for Virginia.

Mom took some pictures at the Virginia Visitor's Center on the North Carolina/Virginia border.  She said it was a very nice rest stop - she likes shady rest stops, and this one is especially good for birds:

Have you ever heard of Mountain Laurel?  There was a lot of it at this rest stop, and it was all in bloom.  The balls of flowers are about the same size as hydrangea balls of flowers:

No more thunderstorms tonight!  Yay!