{"id":14984,"date":"2025-08-11T21:16:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T01:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/?p=14984"},"modified":"2025-08-11T22:10:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T02:10:02","slug":"front-royal-va-to-luray-va","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/11\/front-royal-va-to-luray-va\/","title":{"rendered":"TS_11 Hop 2: Front Royal VA to Luray VA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/TS_11-Hop-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/TS_11-Hop-2-1024x624.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14985\" style=\"width:406px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/TS_11-Hop-2-1024x624.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/TS_11-Hop-2-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/TS_11-Hop-2-768x468.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/TS_11-Hop-2.jpg 1179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">TS_11 Hop 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>44 miles via US 340, Skyline Drive in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/shen\/index.htm\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/shen\/index.htm\">Shenandoah National Park<\/a>, US 211, VA 674, VA 658 and VA 611. Auto miles: 120. Cumulative route miles: 549. Cumulative auto miles: 625. The extra auto miles were due to a late-night trip to a casino in West Virginia. We both lost money. Should have stayed home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was a short hop &#8211; easily the shortest hop of the TS_11, unless plans change drastically. It was a beautiful day and we spent nearly 2 hours traversing the 44 miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Skyline Drive was very nice, as always. It affords some nice elevated vistas of the Shenandoah Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250809_113536.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"14986\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250809_113536-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250809_113536-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250809_113536-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250809_113536-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250809_113536-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250809_113536.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Shenandoah Valley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250809_120612.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"14987\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250809_120612-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250809_120612-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250809_120612-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250809_120612-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250809_120612-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250809_120612.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Shenandoah Valley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250809_120603.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"14988\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250809_120603-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250809_120603-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250809_120603-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250809_120603.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The other side<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250809_122201.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"14990\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250809_122201-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250809_122201-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250809_122201-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250809_122201.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The other side<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250809_125540.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"14989\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250809_125540-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250809_125540-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250809_125540-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_20250809_125540.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The other side<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our one night in Front Royal was at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyndhamhotels.com\/hotels\/front-royal-va?brand_id=HR&amp;checkInDate=8\/11\/2025&amp;checkOutDate=8\/12\/2025&amp;useWRPoints=false&amp;children=0&amp;adults=1&amp;rooms=1&amp;loc=ChIJw4i4LbTFtYkReE7pdIPqLNo&amp;sessionId=1754961083\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.wyndhamhotels.com\/hotels\/front-royal-va?brand_id=HR&amp;checkInDate=8\/11\/2025&amp;checkOutDate=8\/12\/2025&amp;useWRPoints=false&amp;children=0&amp;adults=1&amp;rooms=1&amp;loc=ChIJw4i4LbTFtYkReE7pdIPqLNo&amp;sessionId=1754961083\">Baymont by Wyndham near Shenandoah National Park<\/a>. This was a perfectly adequate hotel for the 5 hours of sleep that we got, after the casino. The room was large and clean, the shower was very nice, the minifridge held all of our refrigerated items and the free breakfast was very good. The coffee, however, was terrible. 6 out of 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>44 miles via US 340, Skyline Drive in the Shenandoah National Park, US 211, VA 674, VA 658 and VA 611. Auto miles: 120. Cumulative route miles: 549. Cumulative auto miles: 625. The extra auto miles were due to a late-night trip to a casino in West Virginia. We both lost money. Should have stayed &hellip; <a class=\"read-excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/11\/front-royal-va-to-luray-va\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,7,129,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hotels","category-routes","category-ts_11","category-places-va"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1VniU-3TG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14984"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14993,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14984\/revisions\/14993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourwanderyears.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}