I have spent some time recently exploring the North Bank and Buttermilk trails again. These are a pair of well maintained trails owned by the James River Park System. Though the trails do not technically make a loop, you can connect from one to another to make a loop. On my most recent hike, IContinue reading “North Bank & Buttermilk Trails Revisited”
Category Archives: Nature
Maymont’s Raptors
Maymont Park in Richmond has several wildlife exhibits for their visitors to enjoy. For today’s post, I am showcasing their birds of prey. Enjoy! Click here to see a breakdown of Maymont’s wildlife exhibits.
Rockwood Park Nature Center
On my most recent trip to Rockwood Park, I was able to visit their newly renovated nature center. The nature center is free to enter, as it is paid for my tax money collected by the local government. It was a nice stop at the end of a very sweaty hike!
For The Birds: Osprey, Vultures & Friends
Living this close to the James River provides some excellent wildlife viewing opportunities. I really enjoy all of the birds that call this area home.
Longhorn Cattle Of The Highlands
This is my final post about my trip to the Grayson Highlands. This post is about the cattle I saw while on trail. Several of the animals we saw were longhorn cattle. We also saw some other breeds as well. I have tried doing some research to find out why they are there, but IContinue reading “Longhorn Cattle Of The Highlands”
Grayson Highland Ponies
One of the biggest highlights of my weekend was the Grayson Highland ponies. Based on my research, the ponies were originally released into the park in the 1970s. The reason for releasing them was to control vegetation growth on the bald sections of trail. The ponies are considered wild but they did not seem toContinue reading “Grayson Highland Ponies”
Twin Pinnacles Trail
Yesterday, I put up a post about my recent hike up Mount Rogers. Today, I want to tell you about the much easier hike we did the next day. We did a short balloon loop called the Twin Pinnacles Trail. After doing the big loop last Saturday, our legs were too tired to do anotherContinue reading “Twin Pinnacles Trail”
Grayson Highlands & Mount Rogers Loop
My husband and I recently took a trip to Mouth of Wilson, Virginia to visit the Grayson Highlands. We stayed in a lovely Airbnb (which I strongly recommend) that was just minutes from the park. It was a fantastic vacation. On our first full day in the park we hiked just shy of 14 miles.Continue reading “Grayson Highlands & Mount Rogers Loop”
Good & Green
This is a collection of photographs with rich green backgrounds. Enjoy!
The Fendley Station Trail
When things were going well: It was a hot and humid day (91 with 95% humidity to be exact) but I am doing a hiking challenge and I wanted to get extra miles. I looked over my park map and found a trail that was just over 9 miles long. It was the Fendley StationContinue reading “The Fendley Station Trail”