Friday, June 14, 2013
Today we are heading to Virginia so we may finally bike the
Virginia Creeper Trail from Whitetop to Demascus. It should be absolutely fabulous since the
weather turned cool ( 30 degrees cooler ) and I understand that after heavy
rains the gorge is teaming with spectacular waterfalls.
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| Fort Chiswell Campground Quite nice. Trees, grass, some space and nice folks. |
We changed our mind on our campground choice. Instead of driving up to the top of the
mountain with the motorhome, we decided to stay at this very nice place at the
bottom where we stayed last year called Fort Chiswell RV Campground in Max Meadows, Va. This is a very nice campground considering it is right off the highway. There are huge cow covered hills surrounding us, so it seems a lot more remote than it actually is. We find the people here unusually friendly, and most of the motorhomes unsually large. We met a couple that spends a lot of time visiting The Villages, and plays a ton of pickleball there. Hopefully they will contact us next time they are there.
After taking a much needed nap, we inquired where there was a nearby hike. We were told “ oh, yeah! go to Foster Falls!” After following the given directions, we approached the state park entrance, and asked which way to the trail that took us to the Falls. We just could not understand why this guy looked at us like we were crazy. We kept asking the question in different ways so he would just stop looking at us that way, wondering why he could not answer such a simple question. Well, Norm and I eventually learned that “ Foster Falls “ is a town, not a geological occurance! Boy, we felt stupid! It ended up being just a lovely walk in the woods, on a fabulous rail trail that was part of New River Trail State Park. Such beauty! This place was so incredible! They had facilities to rent canoes and kayaks to enjoy the crystal clear river and rapids, bicycles and gorgeous horses to enjoy the perfect tails! Oh, I would love to live here.
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| View up the river from the rail trail |
After taking a much needed nap, we inquired where there was a nearby hike. We were told “ oh, yeah! go to Foster Falls!” After following the given directions, we approached the state park entrance, and asked which way to the trail that took us to the Falls. We just could not understand why this guy looked at us like we were crazy. We kept asking the question in different ways so he would just stop looking at us that way, wondering why he could not answer such a simple question. Well, Norm and I eventually learned that “ Foster Falls “ is a town, not a geological occurance! Boy, we felt stupid! It ended up being just a lovely walk in the woods, on a fabulous rail trail that was part of New River Trail State Park. Such beauty! This place was so incredible! They had facilities to rent canoes and kayaks to enjoy the crystal clear river and rapids, bicycles and gorgeous horses to enjoy the perfect tails! Oh, I would love to live here.
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| Oh my goodness! They certainly grow poison ivy here! It grows so big you would swear it was a tree! Yikes! It is a good thing I have a "poison ivy radar". |
We got back, had a lovely dinner, finally enjoying the great outdoors. Ohhh, this is nice.
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