...That's what I told my wife. And this time for once, I was telling the truth.
You see, normally I get myself in trouble. I LOVE to hike. My version of an easy hike is far from my wife's version of easy. I believe that anything under 5 miles (assuming there isn't massive elevation change) is pretty easy. She thinks 5 miles is a long way. So as you could see, finding something we both enjoy can be challenging. Now don't get me wrong, although a 15 mile hurtfest through the MNF can be a great time, I also enjoy short hikes as well.
I'm assuming that I'm not the only guy with this problem (maybe I am), so I thought I'd post up a short hike that my wife and I did the weekend before last. Hopefully it will encourage some people to get outside and have fun.
We headed out and traveled the ~1 hour north from Lewisburg to the Scenic Highway (rt 150). We cruised up from the Cranberry Mtn Nature Center side to the Tea Creek Campground. There we found a pretty sweet campsite. This was my first time staying here and I must say that it is a pretty nice place.
Camping on our Subaru's 1 week anniversary
A nice little place to tent camp.
The only tent I own. Great for backpacking....a little tight though.
Dinner, my favorite thing about car camping.
After a fairly good night's rest, we packed up our stuff and made our way to the High Rocks Trailhead. It is just a few miles back towards the Nature Center on rt 150. The sign at the trailhead says that it is a 4 mile out and back hike. The MNF hiking guide says it is only 1.6 miles out. I figured that this was more accurate, as they map all of the trails themselves by foot with a GPS. The hiking guide was indeed correct. It took us less than 50 mins out and roughly 35 minutes back.
At the trailhead around 9 am. It got down to ~45 degrees that night.
She's smiling, I'm still doing good!!
The hike is very easy and flat almost the entire way out. You basically walk a ridge line (no views) through hardwood forest until you get to a point with a beautiful view.
The trail look like this most of the way. Easy to follow & not much climbing
As far as views in WV go, this one wasn't my favorite, but by now means does that mean is a bad view. It was still a great view of the Lick Run Valley. There is also a nice place there to just sit and relax below a pretty neat oak (if I remember right) tree. Definitely worth the hike, especially for the little bit of work it takes to get there.
View from the top.
This tree made for a great place to sit, relax, and enjoy the view.
Anyway, hopefully you enjoyed the pictures.
