September 2012

One happy guy on a hike on the Coromandel Peninsula.

Mountains on the Other Side of the World: New Zealand, Part 1

Hikes, February 17-March 6, 2010. Up, down and around all three islands of New Zealand, in mostly short hikes. About 40 miles total.
Left: Another view of Grandin Village in the snow. Right: Roanoke's Grandin Road and the Grandin Theater - Morrow's is two doors down. Photo by Stephanie Hardiman.

Y’all walking for fun?

From home in Roanoke in a loop to Franklin Road and back on Brandon Avenue; then on to Grandin Village and back. About 6.5 miles.
Gail and Cookie at Jennings Creek.

Orange-Blaze Detours

Appalachian Trail from Jennings Creek (Va. 614) to Cove Mountain Shelter and back (with short Glenwood Horse Trail side trek). 7 miles.
A Cheryl Fine CD was part of the redemption of a non-woods winter walk.

Urban Legerdemain

On this Ninth Day of January in the Year 2010... We Weenied Out.
Gail and Cookie on Carvins Cove hike.

Carvins Cove on a Winter Day

Appalachian Trail from U.S. 220 at Daleville to Carvins Cove overlook point and back. 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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