2012

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.
David, Gail and Adam on McAfee Knob, May 16, 2010.

A Hike for Four: McAfee and Catawba

Appalachian Trail from Va. 311 to McAfee Knob and back down, using the forest road from about 2 miles out. About 7 miles.
View is from McAfee Knob toward Tinker Cliffs (to right, at the end of the ridge). Rainbow in foreground courtesy of light drizzle out of a pretty nice day.

The Lure of the Forest Road

Appalachian Trail from Va. 311 to McAfee Knob, back via AT and forest road. About 7 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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