While our goal is to put foot to trail, the drive to the trailhead and back home can have its illuminating moments as well. On the drive out, we speculate about the adventure ahead, on the drive back, we reflect on the adventure had. Car time can be a rare time to be alone with our thoughts. And a scary time, too. Today, we let the recorder run as we make the two-and-a-half-hour drive to a backpack trip in South Mountains State Park.
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With bears feeding up to hunker down for the winter, and with the fall leaf peepers out in drives, it's no surprise that an altercation or two occurs. A picnicking couple and their dog had a skirmish with a bear on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville; learn about what you should do in a similar situation at BearWise.org
Fall color comes to West Virginia. Learn when and where to expect it here.