Kurt and Gail Rheinheimer
Kurt and Gail Rheinheimer
From Blue Ridge Parkway at FR 191 (Salt Pond Road) to Appalachian Trail north to Wilson Creek and back. 7.6 miles.
This relatively easy, convenient-to-Roanoke walk offers pleasant walking, with a bit of up and down thrown in to keep it interesting.
And on this day gave The Day Hiker ample opportunities to quiz me on wildflower blooms, on which I think I was maybe four for seven. Not too bad, but I should have gotten galax even without the bloom.
We ate lunch along Wilson Creek, where Cookie The Amazing Creek-Wrecker Dog stirred things up pretty good. And we saw a frog for the first time in a long long time.
The thru-hikers were still streaming north on this day, as we crossed at least five on the way back southward along the AT, including Red Lobster, 20-something red-headed lady out ahead of two male co-hikers.
Trailhead: Blue Ridge Parkway milepost 101.5, with parking on both sides of the roadway.
May 29, 2010 hike