On this Election Day today, we voted then hiked. Along with Mama Laura and Thomas, Mark and Mom took off to the mountains for some fall hiking. It was an absolutely beautiful day for a hike in the Virginia mountains. Plus the boys hiked the most they have ever done before: 5 miles! And with no carries – a little whining at the end though and lots of breaks. They also hiked up and down a mountain with 400 feet of elevation changes.
We hiked the Bottom Creek Gorge Preserve located in Montgomery County. The preserve owned by the Nature Conservancy boasts spectacular scenery with the second highest waterfall in Virginia.
We ate lunch at an old barn which was also the place where we found a letterbox. We love letterboxing!
Mark and Thomas hike or should I say run up the trail to try and catch a deer. We say many deer on our hike as well as a salamander, turkey buzzards and a box turtle.
The boys make it to the falls and climb all over the rocks. No sitting still for these wild animals. They climbed rocks, swung on vines and see-sawed on old tree limbs.
The waterfall!
Group photo time!
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