496.1 miles.
Whoa! What a day.
When the newspaper says high of 58 and mostly sunny, they don't mention that if you might be heading up in the hills a few thousand feet you should subtract 25 degrees and multiply the weather by CRAZY.
We saw it all today. Sunshine, driving rain, sideways blowing snow, sleet, and hail. And now the sun's out again and on its way down.
We came through Grayson Highlands State Park today -what a gorgeous place. Who knew Virginia had such rugged country. High balds, open mountaintop meadows littered with house size boulders. Looked like braveheart territory. You half expected some blue chested men in kilts to come running over the hill. No men in kilts, but we did see the wild ponies, which stand about three and a half feet tall and are as friendly as could be.
We went up and over Mt. Rogers today, too, the highest peak in the state. It was covered in spruce and firs suited to its cold, wet climate. High as it may be, all we could see from the top was the clouds we were in.
It's so fun to see this part of the state. We've talked about coming down here many times -instead we came up to it. Well worth the walk.
Now it's snowing and time to hunker down. Big day.
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