Halloween

31st October, 2010
We left Charlottesville and travelled along the very scenic Skyline Drive through Shenandoah National Park. The trees still had their coloured leaves and the views from the overlooks along the way were spectacular.
We left the national park to stay in Harrisburg, a nearby town so that we could go Trick or Treating. We had costumes and Natasha and Abbey had been looking forward to it for a while. The hotel receptionist gave us directions of a good place to go so off we went.

Halloween is a huge tradition here. Almost every house has some kind of decoration ranging from a pumpkin on the front step to all-out displays complete with inflatable black cats and ghosts on strings, sound effects and of course kids that jump out of behind things to scare you. Its kind of like the displays you see when you go to see the Christmas lights at home. Christmas here must be huge!
The girls had a ball and managed to collect a bucket full of candy. It doesn't get much better than that!!