October 2024

We spent our day at New River Gorge hiking near the Grandview Visitor Center. We arrived at the Grand View to see early morning fog blanketing the valley. Since our hikes would return us here later, we decided to see the Grandview again in the afternoon. Our first hike took us on the Tunnel Trail. […]

Today we did a lot of hiking and a lot of driving between hikes. Our first hike was a three mile hike that took us to Long Point. In addition to being a long narrow point, Long Point also gives you long views in several directions. When we arrived, we saw about a dozen people

We began our second day at New River Gorge with a hike along the Endless Wall. If you wonder why it is called Endless wall, look at the pictures. In the first one you can see the wall. In the second one, you can see two parts of the wall. Further into the hike, the

Today we begin a four day visit to New River Gorge. It is the most recent addition to the National Parks. New River Gorge is a four hour drive from our home. On the way, we passed Pilot Mountain in North Carolina. We also got to drive through a tunnel. We stopped for lunch at