tylercat (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} tylercat) wrote,@ 2007-05-30 10:29:00 |
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Bearfence Scramble
By the way, I'm back in the C-ville area now.
On sunday, Kendra and Patrick and I went to the Shenandoah National Park. We did a two hour hike that gave us nice view of a waterfall and also a timber rattlesnake, one of Virginia's three types of poisonous snakes. It did not deign to rattle.
After a picnic lunch (mmm...melted cheese sandwich), we went to take a look at another 'trail' that a couple from Georgia recommended to us: the Bearfence Rock Scramble. The scramble part was climbing over and among piles of rocks and large boulders. The way was marked by blue paint slashes on trees and rocks. We moved along the ridge of the mountain, often with precipitous drops to either side. The climb to the peak was the hardest. I had to pull myself up on my knees. I glanced to the side and was transfixed by the drop and the empty air. But it was amazing. We all sat for a while on the top of the rock and took in the 360 degree view of mountains and valleys. A small black and white bird hopped near us as it ate ants.
Wear good shoes if you visit it, and I'd recommend pants, not shorts, too.
By the way, I'm back in the C-ville area now.
On sunday, Kendra and Patrick and I went to the Shenandoah National Park. We did a two hour hike that gave us nice view of a waterfall and also a timber rattlesnake, one of Virginia's three types of poisonous snakes. It did not deign to rattle.
After a picnic lunch (mmm...melted cheese sandwich), we went to take a look at another 'trail' that a couple from Georgia recommended to us: the Bearfence Rock Scramble. The scramble part was climbing over and among piles of rocks and large boulders. The way was marked by blue paint slashes on trees and rocks. We moved along the ridge of the mountain, often with precipitous drops to either side. The climb to the peak was the hardest. I had to pull myself up on my knees. I glanced to the side and was transfixed by the drop and the empty air. But it was amazing. We all sat for a while on the top of the rock and took in the 360 degree view of mountains and valleys. A small black and white bird hopped near us as it ate ants.
Wear good shoes if you visit it, and I'd recommend pants, not shorts, too.
