Sunday, we had breakfast at the hotel and then headed out. We first made a stop at Riverview Falls on a tributary of New River.
It was looking good in the high water but no icicles as I had hoped. Then we headed to New River State Park for Alex's last passport stamp.
We took Hickory Trail down to the river at the canoe launch. Nice views of the river here and it was really flowing.
We followed Riverside Trail as it followed the river downstream.
As the trail departed from the river, it passed the Stump Family home site.
The house had burned down, but the chimney, root cellar and springhouse remained.
After this point, the trail got steep and headed away from the river.
Eventually, it connected back up with Hickory Trail. We finished up the loop back to the car.
From here, we headed up to the Blue Ridge Parkway and parked at Basin Cove Overlook at the south end of Doughton Park. From here, we hiked the Mountains-to-Sea Trail southbound, heading into the woods and descending behind the National Park Service office.
In about a mile, it came out at a gravel road and then crossed the parkway. There were a bunch of icicles along the trail here.
One was particularly interesting. In another mile, the trail crossed the parkway again and began following a gravel road.
We hiked the road for about another mile and then headed back. The last part of the hike was uphill to the Blue Ridge Parkway but not too bad.
I got some pictures from Basin Cove Overlook.
Then we started making our way back to Boone.
Driving along the Blue Ridge Parkway, we made a stop at View Betseys Rock Falls.
With the leaves off the trees and the high water, this waterfall was looking really good.
It's really high! From here, we headed into Boone and got Alex an ice cream cone to celebrate finishing the passport.
Then we got Chinese for dinner to eat at the room and started getting packed up.
It was looking good in the high water but no icicles as I had hoped. Then we headed to New River State Park for Alex's last passport stamp.
We took Hickory Trail down to the river at the canoe launch. Nice views of the river here and it was really flowing.
We followed Riverside Trail as it followed the river downstream.
As the trail departed from the river, it passed the Stump Family home site.
The house had burned down, but the chimney, root cellar and springhouse remained.
After this point, the trail got steep and headed away from the river.
Eventually, it connected back up with Hickory Trail. We finished up the loop back to the car.
From here, we headed up to the Blue Ridge Parkway and parked at Basin Cove Overlook at the south end of Doughton Park. From here, we hiked the Mountains-to-Sea Trail southbound, heading into the woods and descending behind the National Park Service office.
In about a mile, it came out at a gravel road and then crossed the parkway. There were a bunch of icicles along the trail here.
One was particularly interesting. In another mile, the trail crossed the parkway again and began following a gravel road.
We hiked the road for about another mile and then headed back. The last part of the hike was uphill to the Blue Ridge Parkway but not too bad.
I got some pictures from Basin Cove Overlook.
Then we started making our way back to Boone.
Driving along the Blue Ridge Parkway, we made a stop at View Betseys Rock Falls.
With the leaves off the trees and the high water, this waterfall was looking really good.
It's really high! From here, we headed into Boone and got Alex an ice cream cone to celebrate finishing the passport.
Then we got Chinese for dinner to eat at the room and started getting packed up.
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