At least once a year, I take time off from the work schedule to get some some much needed trail therapy.
This year, I planed to a hike from Grayson Highlands State Part to Damascus. The following year I hiked from Damascus Virginia to Dennis Cove. A good friend, Janet provided trail magic by helping me drop my truck and hitch a ride to allow accomplishment of these section hikes.
I enjoy the time alone on the trail. It allows my mind to be awed by nature and think and ponder life’s mysteries. This hike was a total opposite of last years. As I was dropped off at Grayson Highlands State Park, the clouds were already gathering into a gray gloom.
One of the aspects of hiking I truly enjoy is roughing it. Pitting myself against the elements of anything Mother Nature can throw at me. This section hike tested my the limits.
Creek flows down to Damascus, good water source.
One of the many bridges on the trail. The Creeper Trail is a beautiful section of trail leading to Damascus VA
This was my third visit to Grayson Highlands State Park, I love the area. The weather fo my hike was abysmal. Rain and wind every day. But I immensely enjoyed.
Trillium (trillium, wakerobin, tri flower, birthroot, birthwort) is a genus of about fifty flowering plant species in the family Melanthiaceae. Trillium species are native to temperate regions of North America and Asia, with the greatest diversity of species found in the southern Appalachian Mountains in the southeastern United States
The Highland Ponies are always a special part of this hike.
Fatmans Squeeze. So far I can still pass!
My habitat for 4 section hikes. Love swaying.