Hiking the Davis Trail I stopped by the Canaan Mountain Shelter. Seems like a decent place to spend the night, surrounded by fields of Great Laurel.
Taken on Monday October 23, 2023 at Monongahela National Forest.
Quite the name for a stream, probably gets it's name from the gurgling roar of the stream off of Canaan Mountain and the way Great Laurel dim down the sound to make it sound a bit like an engine.
Taken on Monday October 23, 2023 at Monongahela National Forest.
As Phil Ochs once sung, "And the road would wind and wind and wind, when we drove through the hills of West Virginia."
Taken on Monday October 23, 2023 at Blackwater Falls State Park.
There is a remarkable amount of locks along the Cumberland and Ohio Canal. I can only imagine the staff needed to keep it running being a major cost of operations.
Taken on Sunday October 22, 2023 at C&O Canal Towpath.
On Monday 10/23, in the afternoon I hiked the Davis trail from Canaan Loop Road through the dense Rhododendron down to Blackwater State Forest. It's a nice trail but as is common in the highlands of West Virginia, the trails can be soggy so waterproof boots are highly recommended.
Taken on Monday October 23, 2023 at Monongahela National Forest.I enjoyed having the same campsite all week long when I was camping up on the Monongahela National Forest during the last week of October in 2023.
The notch gets quite narrow but they manage to get a rail line, a tow path and road in there, and some businesses in wider parts of the notch.
Taken on Sunday October 22, 2023 at Great Allegheny Passage.