I admit I had to look at the website. I didn’t realize there were so many! I want to go to the Highlands one - the one with the wild horses!
Have you stayed in any of the log cabins? Every so often we stay in them at Fairystone and once at Douthat. They are fun
I think you should have worn a sleeveless tuxedo.
Foxes are naturally playful and curious. They will often trot after joggers if they are healthy. If they are rabid, it won’t be a cute little trot. It’s a lunge and bite.
We have a fox in this neighborhood that took to following my daughter for awhile.
That’s good to hear! We had a little fox sitting in the middle of the road one night several years ago - I think someone called animal control as that seemed very out of character in our suburban neighborhood. I think that one must have been sick.
Good to know some foxes near humans might just be curious.
Have not used cabins but they sound cool.
Agree– the horses in the highlands sound really cool. Like Chincoteague without the sand 
I retired 7/25. 100% unrelated to current BS. I turned 58 on 7/21 and hit 35 years of service on 7/14.
Pretty sure I get some form of extra fitness credit for carrying 36 pound GS in backpack for 1 mile walk this afternoon.
Also sure the amount of alcohol consumed negated any benefits earned
That’s an intense weighted vest!
Been a good week.
Tuesday I coached soccer and then played for 90 minutes.
Wednesday -My wife and I did a 7.5 mile walk and I didn’t have poles since mine weren’t working (couldn’t get the bottom part to extend). Not having them made the last downhill killer–being worried about slipping, I was unable to keep up with my wife. So I now firmly team pole.
Today– I did the circle walk from our house to a local restaurant where I hung out with a friend from college
My hernia that I had fixed in April has returned. Ugh. I hate being down.
Was your walk on a trail, or do you always use poles? I got some for my birthday, but have yet to try them out. I figure I only need them on rocky trails?
We are in Chamonix France. We decided not to go up Mt Blanc bc the weather isn’t great. BUT, we hiked 5 miles up a mountain with 2900+ ft of elevation gain, and we got to see waterfalls and a glacier. I hiked UP the mtn in an athletic material tshirt and thin hiking pants. BUT, once we stopped moving at the top my fingers were so cold I could barely text. We opted to pay and take the train down.
For day hikes, i don’t always use them. It depends on type of terrain and trail.
For flat walks or walks with tons of pavement/gravel paths, I tend to not use them. Otherwise, I tend to bring and use them.
The trails we did Wednesday at Sky Meadows State Park had a couple of big uphills and longish (roughly .5 miles), fairly steep downhill. Poles would have been helpful because I would have taken closer to my normal gait. When we popped out the woodline before the last hill, DW and I both thought we were seeing the most-England like scene we’d seen in the US and the trail definitely felt more English than American because it just went straight down through a field.
For long-distance walks, I use them all of the time except when walking on pavement.
I had to look up where that was! Not a part of the state I’ve been to - other than I66, of course.
I hadn’t been either. DW and I have decided to the the VA State Park Master Hiker Challenge and are going to visit all 40 state parks.
We were really happy to have our poles hiking up the mountain we hiked today.
2900’ in 5 miles is quite the hike! I hope to do something like that at some point. H wouldn’t want to though… I can see his face now at the suggestion, lol.
Wow, beautiful!
