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The Appalachian Trail Through The Mount Rogers, Virginia Area.

Not too many posts recently as we have been hiking along the Appalachian Trail toward our eventual completion when we reach the Skyline Drive in Northern Virginia.

The entire length of the southern AT is lined with purple and white rhododendron trees. Sometimes they create mile long tunnels to walk through. It is really pretty when the flower petals fall to the ground. They create a “lovers lane” of sorts.
This area boasts herds of wild ponies. Check out the vast view of the mountains they get while munching away

Very friendly ponies at that. They are not afraid to eat from your hand, and, occasionally nip at your hand if there is no food left!
The younger ponies are the most curious.
The ponies found that the shelter where hikers spend the night is a great food source.
There are many spots on the AT where the ATC (Appalachian Trail Conference) leases the land for grazing. This poor little guy had a bum leg and was left behind by the herd. I hope someone finds a vet for him.
We did not take our truck up this road but the scooter came to the rescue. This road, to the summit area near Mount Rogers was deemed the least passable road of the entire trip. Our trusty scooter bounced all the 6 miles up and then down without incident. We had absolutely NO idea how the pickup trucks at the parking area made it unscathed?

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