September 2012

Kurt and Gail with guest trail dog Fluff.

The Belfast Trail with Kurt, Gail and Fluff

January 3, 2009. Belfast Trail past the Devil's Marbleyard to Gunter Ridge Trail to Appalachian Trail to FR 35/Sulphur Springs Trail and back. 9.2 miles.
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Dogs, “False Teeth” and a Shivery Lunch

This day was marked by two things with positive implications for future hikes: The movement forward in congress of the bill that would create nearly 40,000 new acres of wilderness in Southwest Virginia; and the taking-to-the-babysitter (son Adam) of
Kurt and Gail Rheinheimer

Something Between Nowhere and Hardly Anywhere

An urban walk from home to Tanglewood Cinema and back, Roanoke. About 6 miles.
Left to right: Stream along the Cascades trail, Cascades Waterfall, Gail Rheinheimer on the Cascades Trail.

Two Wintery Hikes

Cascades Trail to the Falls; Nature Conservancy Trail to Barney's Wall and back. 8.0 miles.

Appalachian Trail from Black Horse Gap to Wilson Creek Shelter (and back.)

Appalachian Trail from Black Horse Gap on the Blue Ridge to Wilson Creek Shelter and back. 5.0 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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