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rootofnewtLast Sunday, boy and I hiked out part of the Riprap Trail past Calvary Rock to Chimney Rocks.
It was a gorgeous fall day--a little bit warm, but you could still taste fall. I was pretty worn out, but I pushed on despite the pain and fatigue. It was well worthwhile. The day wasn't hazy at all, so we could see clear across the valley and beyond, to the Allegheny Mountains. The local mountains were pretty, too. (To the left of the tree, the higher summit should be Trayfoot. The low "hill" below it should be Horsehead Mountain. I don't have a topo map in here to reference.)
After resting at the rocks for awhile, we began to climb around.
The rocks are mostly white Erwin quartzite. I should have paid closer attention to the Skolithos fossilized burrows.
We played around there for awhile. I left the camera behind as I was clambering quite a bit and it's gotten touchy in its old age.
I eventually told boy we needed to head back to civiliazation, as it was getting late. We really love the rocks. We stopped at another lovely viewpoint for a quick meal.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
explodingcat claimed the waterbottles and he also declared himself King over all that he could see. He could see quite a bit.
Hundreds and thousands of years later, talus slopes are all that remain of former cliffs.
poor hemlocks. i just want to go around and handpick and smush every single wooly adelgid beetle.
boy and the AT--a love affair.
It was a gorgeous fall day--a little bit warm, but you could still taste fall. I was pretty worn out, but I pushed on despite the pain and fatigue. It was well worthwhile. The day wasn't hazy at all, so we could see clear across the valley and beyond, to the Allegheny Mountains. The local mountains were pretty, too. (To the left of the tree, the higher summit should be Trayfoot. The low "hill" below it should be Horsehead Mountain. I don't have a topo map in here to reference.)
After resting at the rocks for awhile, we began to climb around.
The rocks are mostly white Erwin quartzite. I should have paid closer attention to the Skolithos fossilized burrows.
We played around there for awhile. I left the camera behind as I was clambering quite a bit and it's gotten touchy in its old age.
I eventually told boy we needed to head back to civiliazation, as it was getting late. We really love the rocks. We stopped at another lovely viewpoint for a quick meal.
explodingcat claimed the waterbottles and he also declared himself King over all that he could see. He could see quite a bit. Hundreds and thousands of years later, talus slopes are all that remain of former cliffs.
poor hemlocks. i just want to go around and handpick and smush every single wooly adelgid beetle.
boy and the AT--a love affair.
