Today I went on one of the best hiking trips I have ever been on. The trail-head was easy to find, the trail itself was easy, and there were great rewards: the beauty of the falls and its rock formations, experiencing my first suspension bridge, and being in the woods on a perfect fall day.
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| Dismal Falls |
Although it was a short trip (about five miles), I got to see two things I had never seen before (Dismal Falls and this suspension bridge), which is one of the reasons I hike. The tread was smooth with only a couple of rocky spots. The corridor of this section of the AT led through a forest of hardwood trees. Since they were mature, visibility was great--my favorite hiking environment. The blue-blaze trail to Dismal Falls was quite thick with rhododendron--my least favorite hiking environment.
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| thick with rhododendron |
Dale and I met only one other hiker on the trail today, a very pleasant man going by the trail name "More To Do." He is hiking from Bland to Harper's Ferry and reported poor water supply thus far. However, it's early in his trip, so maybe he'll have better sources the further north he goes.
God was merciful, once again, in that we had no encounters with snakes, bears, or crazy people. We did see two white-tail deer and a caterpillar.
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| view of Kimberling Creek from suspension bridge |
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