Culpepper
Culpepper. Minnesota Viking quarterback, great athlete, won again last week, probably going to win the super bowl, but not the topic of this post.
I spent the last weekend out in the Shenandoah Mountains hiking and backcountry camping. The last town I remember was Culpepper Virginia. Nice little place, bought a case of home canned sweet pepper relish that will make a helluva good salsa dip.
Great hiking, not quite the rugged mountains of the West, but still some good elevation deltas. Hiked up the White Oak Creek trail, with 9 or 10 waterfalls, then back down the next ravine over, can’t remember the name. Also hiked Old Rag, a rocky area that was fairly busy. Everyone I ran into complained of how cold it was, what wussies.
The overnight camping was good, not that cold, probably in the high 30’s or so, but a sub-zero bag, some fire-roasted rocks and a snuggly dog made for toasty sleeping.
Glad to be back home, but only for a few days, I think I’m going to go and do some city exploring and change the pace.
I spent the last weekend out in the Shenandoah Mountains hiking and backcountry camping. The last town I remember was Culpepper Virginia. Nice little place, bought a case of home canned sweet pepper relish that will make a helluva good salsa dip.
Great hiking, not quite the rugged mountains of the West, but still some good elevation deltas. Hiked up the White Oak Creek trail, with 9 or 10 waterfalls, then back down the next ravine over, can’t remember the name. Also hiked Old Rag, a rocky area that was fairly busy. Everyone I ran into complained of how cold it was, what wussies.
The overnight camping was good, not that cold, probably in the high 30’s or so, but a sub-zero bag, some fire-roasted rocks and a snuggly dog made for toasty sleeping.
Glad to be back home, but only for a few days, I think I’m going to go and do some city exploring and change the pace.
posted by dag at 10/26/2004 11:16:00 AM
4 Comments:
City exploring sounds like a good idea. You do, after all, live in the political center of the most powerful country in the world - there must be something interesting to see there. (non sequitur) Are there any good dag parks in DC?
DC is fine, I actually don't live in the district, but a short distance out. I have done a little there, but not a lot. So far, it seems to have a never-ending list of places to visit. Being very patriotic, historically motivated and technologically inclined, I prefer the mall, monuments, museums and of course the Zoo. Who couldn’t love watching the animals watch us?
As far as parks, I don’t like metro parks much, if I’m going to do the nature thing, it’s all or none, and I don’t know of any true nature areas immediately around DC with interesting geography. They might be there, but I haven't heard of them. Nature with an abundance of people isn’t true nature, just city mice with country mice urges making the best of the limited space. If I go the city route it’s for the culture, history, people watching, and oh yeah and the nightlife!
Oops. Meant dog parks. Vast areas in/near cities where you can take brutus's leash off and let him play. Seattle's full of them, but then this is no DC.
Yeah, there are a few open places I run him close by, beach runs or small nature trail excursions but nothing specifically for the pets. It gets fairly rural and open about 40 miles out of the DC beltway in any direction. A few of my friends have hobby farms which are great for that, and he even gets to play with other species. For real hiking, it’s a minimum of 2-2.5 hours in the car, one-way. I've got a nice woods in the backyard, but not enough for anything really fun
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