Landscape of Virginia

Took a hike on the Skyline Drive last Saturday with a close friend, it was the best because the sky was clear the air was cool and the trail was tough. A friend said many people who take the Riffrap trail fall on the ruff rocks which line the floor of the trail. Needless to say, we didn't fall but we did see a wonderful scene at the top of the overlook. The Riffrap trail is on mile ninety of the Skyline Drive and even though it is only three or so miles from the road, it can take a while to climb because there are a number of steep assents and descents on the trail to the overlook. Once we came back we felt good, the air was clean and cool. We could see far into the Shenandoah valley below us. It was a beautiful trip. All together it may have taken four hours of our time from the time we left Charlottesville. It's really wonderful to have such a nice resource right hear outside of our city.

I took a walk on a cold day upon the Ridge of Skyline Drive here in Virginia. I walked with a friend down the eastern side of those mountains towards the bottom. We saw a few waterfalls and we hiked both up and down that mountain ridge on New Year's Eve. It was snowing lightly plus it was very windy on the top of the mountains on that afternoon. It took us four hours to make the circuit, and I certainly felt it the very next morning. You see I was use to walking upward but not downward so I used different muscles than I was use to working out. The hike was very enjoyable for us, we laughed, and carried on some, but we climbed in silent hard effort when we were heading into the second half of the hike. Before long, we had accomplished the climb and the reward was walking along the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains all the while being able to see both eastward and westward for many miles simply by turning one's eyes in either direction. Simply delightfu...