September 2012

Gail pauses among osage oranges in Wye Island NRMA.

Osage Oranges and River Views

Several trails in the Wye Island Natural Resources Management Area in Queen Anne's County, Maryland. About 5 miles.
Cookie exploring the edge, and the view over the James River and beyond.

21 Switchbacks on a Sunny November Day

Appalachian Trail from James River north to Fullers Rocks and back. 7.4 miles.
Left: The view along this old-and-new Appalachian Trail hike. Right: Gail and Cookie.

What Makes The Greatest Day Hiker Just That

Andy Layne Trail to Appalachian Trail at Scorched Earth Gap; AT to just north of Lamberts Meadow Shelter; blue-blazed connector trail to AT along Tinker Mountain; AT across Tinker Cliffs back to Andy Layne and down. 10.7 miles.
Carvins Cove Reservoir, in Roanoke County, Va.

Fall on the Great Trail

Appalachian Trail, U.S. 220 to Carvins Cove viewpoint and back. 6 miles
The view from McAfee Knob

The Coldest Shelter in Virginia

Appalachian Trail from Va. 311 beyond McAfee Knob to Campbell Shelter and back. 8.8 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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