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September 17, 2012

Left: Green and full, Carvins Cove, April, 2011. Right: The Greatest Day Hiker Of Them All watches the fog blow from the top of Flat Top Mountain.

Two for the Trail: Same Weekend, Different Months

Kurt and Gail double down and head to two trails in one weekend, one to "Hey" Rock overlooking Carvins Cove and the other along the Blue Ridge Parkway!
From the 4,071-foot viewpoint of Mt. Pleasant, the flattening-out geography of Virginia looking eastward reveals itself in pretty patterns of land use.

Mount Pleasant: Why It’s a National Scenic Area

The Mount Pleasant National Scenic area was both exquisitely scenic and nearly empty on this warm Easter Day, with the sky blue and the wildflowers two or three weeks behind where we've walked in recent weeks.
Cornelius Creek in mid-April runs fast . . . and cold.

Water Water Everywhere

With near-record rains on Friday evening, we set out for that hiking water wonderland, the Apple Orchard/Cornelius Creek loop. And even along FR 59 on the way in, the stream rushed by full of fast white flow.
The rocks of the Devil's Marbleyard are about 2 million years old; the hiker is slightly less ancient.

No View of the James

Belfast Trail to Appalachian Trail, north on AT to James River overlook and back. 6.6 miles
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