It can also be sunny and warm one minute, then a few minutes later, cold and windy. Due elevation changes, weather on the Skyline Drive can vary greatly by location and time of day. There are areas where there are no gas stations for a bit. Fill’er Up! Make sure you have plenty of gas before you get on the Skyline Drive. We‘ve often been in conditions where you couldn’t see more than 20-30 feet in front of your car! If you feel uncomfortable driving, pull over at an overlook and wait for the fog to clear up or thin out. Turn on your headlights or even your flashers and slow down. Weather – While traveling the parkway, you will often experience very thick fog and often rain.Take your time, go slow, and enjoy the views and journey. If you speed, you could easily run into them or some of the wildlife around the Parkway. Don’t speed! Many people are there to enjoy the views and will suddenly pull off or be driving very slow. They are worth checking out.We’ve been traveling Skyline drive for many years and we’ve learned a few things and offer these Skyline Drive Travel Tips to help you enjoy your visit: *Disclaimer – we were visiting in the time between either of these events, but I’ve seen many photos and have heard all about them many times, and I can assure you that it would be a worthwhile endeavor to stop by if you’re in the area. In warmer months, the project is turned over to one known as “ Color on the Creek” (Facebook page linked there), meant to enhance the aesthetic of the creek as well as the water quality, but the water Lillies and other water gardens are beautiful. There is a large creek that runs through town called Carroll Creek, and each year from November through March, there are beautiful, illuminated, small-scale sailboats on display. Next, we traveled on to the historic town of Frederick, Maryland to see my wonderful family, but let me tell you a little bit about Frederick:īeginning in November each year, there’s a very cool event called “ Sailing Through the Winter Solstice” (linked there). We never saw the first meter maid/man, nor did we see any police vehicles, but evidently they’re monitoring it pretty closely. When we got back to the car, 15 minutes after the hour was up, we had a $100 parking ticket. He told me that once she’d released them into the wild, she could walk out into her back yard and click her tongue and they’d come and sit on her shoulder to be given treats as well. His sister has taken in and rehabbed orphaned baby squirrels. Afterward, someone would say “Hey, Shannon- here’s Scott” and Shannon would walk down and collect him back into his shirt pocket. Scott had to hang out in the locker during that class, and would crawl into his classmates lockers as well. Scott used to go to school with him, and there was only one teacher who wouldn’t let Scott into her classroom. Shannon has taken in and rehabilitated a raccoon, a grey fox, and many others including a chipmunk named Scott when he was in the 10th grade. Shannon is this way and so is his entire family. I think it’s so much fun to hold and pet the tame ones. I love animals, and I even enjoy the ones that gross people out like Possums and mice. The ones that did ran right up to us like they knew us. Side not – not all of the squirrels would come up and eat out of our hands.Shannon thinks it was giving him a nibble because he tastes good. This one got a piece of Shannon’s finger, but didn’t draw blood or break the skin.
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