The Ranger told me what??

My Hubby and I just got home from our vacation today. We had a great time and we saw a lot! First we headed down to Pennsylvania to see Steamtown USA, which is a National Historic site. We rode on an old fashion steam train for a few hours. It was really amazing! Our clothes were covered in ashes from the coal that they have to burn to make the steam. My Hubby knows a lot about trains, so he told me a ton about them. I had a great time learning about how trains work and riding on a really old one.
After that, we went down to Virginia to see Shenandoah National Park. It was our first time there. We stayed there for three nights. Our first there however, I managed to lock our keys in the car. Oh man! I did that before we had eaten dinner. Needless to say the next morning we were a little hungry! Hubby stayed in bed the next morning while I walked over to the ranger station to have them help us. The ranger was a really nice lady who called the ranger who can unlock cars. While I was talking to her I told her that we hadn't eaten dinner and we could wait for a little while to eat, but we were hoping that we could get the car opened soon. Now, mind you we were in bear country, which means ALL food must be kept locked in your car or a bear proof container. The ranger actually asked me if I had any food in my tent that we could eat! Hummm... of course no! It was ALL LOCKED IN THE CAR! I told her that we had followed the park rules that said we needed to keep all food locked up. Then the talk with the ranger got even weirder! She is a very kind person and she really wanted to help us out. She told me that she would loan me a few dollars so I could get some food at the store up the road. The store is about a mile away, but then she says... well, you can try to hitch a ride with someone going that way. I don't believe that she told me I could hitchhike! I was totally shocked!!! I don't know about other states, but here hitchhiking is not a legal activity. We did get our car unlocked later that day and we went hiking everyday there! It was amazing to see all the nature and deer. At dusk the deer were everywhere! It was a beautiful park. We will go back to that park for sure!
The next place we went was the Great Smokey Mountains National Park. The town around the park had really grown since we were there last. It is now a total tourist trap! We had a great time shopping and hiking. We did a lot of shopping outside the park only because it was raining for a few days. There was also go-carts which my husband loves! He bought an all day pass so that he could ride all day while I went shopping. It was really fun! We went to several outlet stores. My husband is so sweet, he bought me a pick Coach bag. Now I have a spring/summer bag. I have a red Coach bag for fall/winter, so I was pretty excited about that!
Tomorrow, I have another interview for the district that I had worked for all year, so hopefully it will go well for me. ^_^ We'll see what happens!