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A Blustery Roanoke Hike

On a rainy day we stayed close to home, and started out carrying umbrellas along the greenway beside the swollen, Werther's-colored Roanoke River as it sped along beside us, fed by small streams rushing into it with heavy rains of the night before.

Greatest Hiker, Worst ‘Shwacker

We picked this pretty-easy section of Appalachian Trail, in order to do some poking around at the former site of Camp Kewanzee, which was operated from 1926 to 1950, and had its 500-acre territory shrunk in 1939 when the parkway people came along.

Spring Tease: Sinking Creek Mountain

If it's a beautiful, tease-of-spring day, it's an especially beautiful tease-of-spring day on the Great Trail, and even more especially with The Greatest Day Hiker.

Apple Orchard Falls, Frozen

Some Valentine's Day anniversaries of our first weekly hike (Feb. 14, 2004) are better than others. On this, our eighth return to the scene of the original crime, the day was warm enough to walk with two layers and no gloves or ear cover.

Missing the Best Lunch Spot

Maybe part of the reason we'd never gone up the Little Rocky Row Trail off of U.S. 501 along the James is that it is off of U.S. 501, where the trailhead's easy to miss and the parking is 200 yards away and on the

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With strong rains only hours behind, the river far below the Mill Mountain overlook ran deep and muddy, but stayed within its banks. (Note the recently installed guide to area mountains at the overlook.)

A Blustery Roanoke Hike

On a rainy day we stayed close to home, and started out carrying umbrellas along the greenway beside the swollen, Werther's-colored Roanoke River as it sped along beside us, fed by small streams rushing into it with heavy rains of the night before.
Remains of the old swimming pool along the stream below the former Camp Kewanzee.

Greatest Hiker, Worst ‘Shwacker

We picked this pretty-easy section of Appalachian Trail, in order to do some poking around at the former site of Camp Kewanzee, which was operated from 1926 to 1950, and had its 500-acre territory shrunk in 1939 when the parkway people came along.
Pretty day, pretty sign, pretty girl.

Spring Tease: Sinking Creek Mountain

If it's a beautiful, tease-of-spring day, it's an especially beautiful tease-of-spring day on the Great Trail, and even more especially with The Greatest Day Hiker.
On a warm February day there was still plenty of ice at Apple Orchard Falls.

Apple Orchard Falls, Frozen

Some Valentine's Day anniversaries of our first weekly hike (Feb. 14, 2004) are better than others. On this, our eighth return to the scene of the original crime, the day was warm enough to walk with two layers and no gloves or ear cover.
The James River snakes its way toward Richmond far below the Little Rocky Row viewpoint; The Day Hiker complains about another photo with her in it.

Missing the Best Lunch Spot

Maybe part of the reason we'd never gone up the Little Rocky Row Trail off of U.S. 501 along the James is that it is off of U.S. 501, where the trailhead's easy to miss and the parking is 200 yards away and on the other side of the highway.
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Much of the Oklawaha Greenway is lined with trees.
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Walking Oklawaha Greenway

Located just minutes from downtown Hendersonville, North Carolina, this 3.25-mile scenic pathway winds through forests and wetlands.

May 1, 2026

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