We headed into Mount Rogers National Recreation Area on US-58 and made our first stop at Straight Branch Falls.
We walked behind the guardrail and scrambled down to get a nice view of the waterfall.
It was pretty nice for a roadside waterfall. Then we headed up the road and parked at Straight Branch Trailhead for Virginia Creeper Trail. It hadn't started raining yet as we set off on the trail towards Damascus.
In about 10 minutes, the rain started. In about a mile, we crossed a trestle bridge over Whitetop Laurel Falls.
It's a small water, but on a big creek and I liked how the flow split around a big rock in the middle.
But it was raining pretty good at this point, so we got a few pictures and continued on. We made it as far as Damascus with no break in the rain, so Sandy and Alex waited under a bridge while I ran back to get the car and pick them up.
We then headed to Wicked Chicken in Damascus for lunch. They had great wings and the rain had stopped while we were inside. So after lunch, we went to the caboose along the trail in downtown Damascus.
Of course the rain started back up, so we took off and headed to Hungry Mother State Park, our home for the weekend. After checking in, we set up camp at Royal Oak Campground. The tent pads were elevated wooden platforms.
The rain never really stopped, except for when we were eating lunch, so we didn't make a fire.
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