September 2012

Audie Murphy Monument

Honoring Wilderness, and Audie Murphy

Appalachian Trail, Va. 620 to Audie Murphy Monument and back. 7.6 miles.
Terrapin Mountain Trail

Summiting Terrapin Mountain, and Rock-hopping with a Nervous Puppy

Terrapin Mountain Trail/Reed Creek Trail loop. 9 miles.
Hoop Hole upper and lower loops with puppies

The First Short-Sleeves Day of the Year… Without a Map

Hoop Hole upper and lower loops. 9.0 miles.
Fallingwater Cascades

Following in Thomas Jefferson’s Footsteps

Fallingwater Cascades From Blue Ridge Parkway milepost 83.1: Fallingwater Cascades Trail loop and Flat Top Mountain up and back. 7.2 miles.
The Brogan Tunnel

In Search of a Tunnel

Carvins Cove Boat Launch Lot to Tinker Creek tunnel and beyond on the fire road on the northern side of the reservoir, and back. 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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