Hi, new poster here. I am planning a 4 day hike in SNP near the end of June, with my two kids, 11 and 9. We are coming from Finland, and this hike is the warm up hike on a big cross-country trip, we're also doing Glacier and North Cascades. We are traveling with Amtrak, coming from D.C. and then continuing a few days later westward. Because we are traveling with Amtrak, one challenge is to get from Staunton to the trailhead, which I guess we can find shuttles for.
My question is where to leave our non-backpacking stuff? We have city clothes and whatnot along with us. Staunton Amtrak doesn't have a left-luggage service listed on the Amtrak site. We could rent a car, just to put our stuff in it But one of the things I don't want to do is leave it at the trailhead. Or stay at a hotel just for the left-luggage service - probably we will do that on the way out anyway. But suggestions as to what to do would be welcome.