YOU THOUGHT I WAS GONNA GET LESS ANNOYING ABOUT MY BEAR HYPERFIXATION?
WELL I’VE GOT SOME NEWS FOR YOU BUDDY
I JUST SAW MY FIRST BEAR!!!!!!!!! I’M LOSING MY MIND I’M SO EXCITED
SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP ETC
I HAVE DONE THE MOST IN AN EFFORT TO SEE A FUCKING BEAR. I’VE BEEN TO SHENANDOAH PARK LIKE 5 TIMES, I’VE DONE SO MUCH RESEARCH ON THE BEST PLACES ANF TIMES TO SEE BEARS, I’VE GONE AT SUNRISE AND SUNSET AND I’VE HIKED AND I’VE DESTROYED MY BODY CLIMBING A DAMN MOUNTAIN AND I HAVEN’T SEEN ANY THERE
AND ONE JUST CASUALLY STROLLED THROUGH THE BACKYARD OF MY RENTAL CABIN!?!!??!!!?!
OF COURSE I RAN TO MY CAR IN MY SOCKS (IT’S BEEN RAINING SO THEY’RE WET AND GROSS NOW) TO GRAB MY BINOCULARS AND THE SECOND I PUT THEM TO MY EYES THE BEAR HAD DISAPPEARED INTO THE WOODS
BUT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
I SAW A BEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I CAN’T STOP GRINNING ABOUT IT I LITERALLY HAVE BEEN LAUGHING AND SCREAMING
The National Park Service preserves places and stories from difficult times in the nation’s history. Shenandoah National Park shares a piece of that story in Lewis Mountain -- an area that was initially "separate, but equal."
Lewis Mountain functioned as the site of annual Sunday school picnics, homecoming events, small gatherings, and other social activities. In several editions of the Green Book between 1947 and 1967, Shenandoah’s Lewis Mountain was listed as a safe space for Black visitors looking for a similar experience in the Park as everyone else. Eventually, social change with regard to civil rights for African Americans won out, and Shenandoah was, by National Park Service policy, fully integrated in 1950. Although important and essential laws and policies have been passed as a result of those who spoke up for change, true social change must come from the human heart.- Shenandoah National Park via Facebook
Image 1: A group of five African American teachers dressed in 1940s business wear standing in a wooded area near Lewis Mountain.
Image 2: Three African American men posed in front of a vintage automobile.
Image 3: An African American bus group tour on a trip at Lewis Mountain.
Image 4: A group of four African American girls with school books on a town sidewalk.