virginia

I've been hiking on the Appalachian Trail for 36 years. I'm making progress, though quite slowly. :) I've managed to get a bit over 40% done, nearly 1000 miles. Since I moved out West, I have only hiked at Christmas, when my sister and I go to see her daughter's family near Richmond. I get...

The weather forecast looked perfect for 3 nights in the Virginia Highlands, but I was a little nervous about "blustery". I dropped the kids off at school and headed to SW Virginia and the Elk Garden Trailhead. After a 5 hour drive I saw something like below. You can see the trailhead/road in...

McAfee Knob / George Washington National Forest / Shenandoah National Park Jul 16th to 19th, 2015 I'd be lying if I said this was one of my favorite trips. That's not a strike against Virginia, most of this trip was botched by poor planning, poor timing with the weather, and some brutal...

Wasn't sure I'd do this trip report (I'm slow at this kind of stuff) but here you go. I should warn you... there are a lot of cute pictures of ponies. And I will let the photos do most of the talking. June 7th thru the 12th 2015 I Took my wife Cindy, my youngest boy Theo and daughter Annika on...