Heritage trail

On saturday, I went for a walk with a friend up Brush Mountian (in the Appalachians) on part of the Heritage trail. We had lunch first in Blacksburg and a look around the markets. And I finally got to Bollo's for their GF bakery stuff. They didn't have any bread but I did get a piece of cake (which was lovely) and a muffin (which has horrible)! After getting to the trail, and then going back to Blacksburg on the hunt for my lost hat and a minor car crash while I was in the restaurant for said hat, we actually got to the trail.

I was a bit concerned when I saw the trail post as it was classed as "most difficult" and I am not exactly a huge walking fan when it comes to difficult trails. (I am naturally quite lazy!) But it wasn't very hard.

Cute little barn near the start of the trail

Trail sign

It would be nice to walk in the summer as it was a bit desolate. But it was great to be out of the office for a change. And the weather was pretty warm. I was really over dressed!

Some green

But mostly gray - view at the top

We also got past by some hard core health nuts, one lady running up and down with her dog, and a guy on a  mountain bike. Got to respect them even when I think they are a little nuts. Each to their own.

At the top they had some rock markers to indicate the summit I guess. Though we also found some further down the trail.

Summit marker

This morning was odd. I woke up early and every thing was orange! (None of the photos are edited in any way.) The light outside was really weird. It only lasted a short time but it was very pretty. Then the wind started. It was quite impressive but has been raining since.

Orange sky 

Strange orange light