September 2012

Gail's theory is that bears tear at the wooden signs along trails.

Getting Oriented on Price Mountain

Price Mountain Loop. 5.5 miles.
Left: It's not often they put in a giant pipe to show you where the trail goes. Right: Fred Eaglesmith: The Greatest Hardly Known Songwriter in North America, And Very Nearly of All.

The Saturday of Dan and Fred

Pinnacles of Dan up and back (?). About 5 miles.
Very tough, still-smilin' Greatest Day Hiker Of Them All enduring drilling rain.

Drizzle to Downpour

Cornelius Creek Trail to Appalachian Trail to Cornelius Creek Shelter and back. 9.2 miles.
View from western side of Mount Pleasant.

Photographic Trail Magic

Henry Lanum and Mount Pleasant Trails loop. 7.2 miles.
Kurt and Gail Rheinheimer

A Roanoke-Convenient Blue Ridge Parkway Hike

From Blue Ridge Parkway at FR 191 (Salt Pond Road) to Appalachian Trail north to Wilson Creek and back. 7.6 miles.

Departments

Behind Blue Ridge Country

Even More Sweet Virginia Breezes

Casually cruising to Claytor Lake in southwest Virginia, I felt like I had come home – back to where it

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