Good Tuesday Morning!
It was incredible to spend a whole week out in the mountains. Up every morning, knowing exactly what I needed to do that day, and then going to bed tired and satisfied.
We finally had one day to just cut loose and go do what we wanted, and we took bikes up the absolutely beautiful Tri-Rivers Rail Trail from Holcomb to Woodbine, WV. This has always been a piece of ground that had a lot of mystery and interest to me - you see, when I was a kid, this was the railroad track, and there were no roads or houses on that side of the river, which meant there wasn’t a good way to get there without “getting in trouble”. It was super exciting to be on a piece of “new ground” 15 minutes from where I grew up.
As we approached the Woodbine end, it felt like a time warp - ~6 miles to the mouth of Cranberry - another spot that was always hard to get to by any of the ways that were in my reach as a teenager.
Getting there, the Turkish Cap Lillies were in full bloom, and the butterflies were flitting about. These two in particular kept circling around each other, and then landing on flowers right next to each other.
Glad to get back to the woods.
Hello, Friend - West Virginia