Wednesday, July 2, 2014

The Cascades

I'm extremely late in posting this one.  As such, its intent is more to jog my memory than to be a detailed depiction of this hike with my family.  Several weeks ago, my family came to Blacksburg to visit and attend a concert in Galax, VA at the Blue Ridge Music Center.  Before making our jaunt down the Blue Ridge Parkway, I dragged my mom and dad around town.  One of our expeditions was a trip to the Cascades.  What can I say?  It's a "must do" and isn't too hard.  They just had to come.  It turns out that our trip coincided nicely with "National Get Outdoors Day" (who even knew there was such a thing?) and in an effort to assist in the effort, some kind soul had decided to make entrance to the park free for a day.  I certainly wasn't complaining.

It was a nice day, albeit the most crowded that I've ever seen the hike.  We saw three different garter snakes, bought lemonade from a local lemonade stand, watched a Labrador Retriever frolic merrily through the water, and spent awhile enjoying the buzz of the crowd at the falls.  Even more?  I got to share a part of Southwest Virginia that I know and love with some of my very favorite people.  A good day overall.

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