Today, I fought through several doses of Advil Cold and Sinus to hike up the Cedar Creek Trail to the Hawksbill Overlook in Shenandoah National Park. Hawksbill is the highest point in the park, so despite the 40 degree weather at the base of the mountain, the peak managed to hold onto all of its snow. Instead of narrating the hike, I’ll simply provide a photo essay of trip.
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- Thanks to the Works Progress Administration (WPA), this beautiful stone outcropping provides beautiful views of Shenandoah
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- A Blue Blaze marks the trail
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- The last sign before the summit
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- My foot
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- A waterfall on the hike up
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- Another waterfall
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- Not far from the summit
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- More trail
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- Lodge near the summit
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- Hiking down to the Appalachian Trail
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- The WPA rock outcropping
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- the view from the summit
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- more frozen waterfall action
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- The trail forward. I cross using stones the first time, but had enough confidence to return over the tree
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- Skyline Drive as you’ve never seen it
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- a deer leads me up the path to the summit
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- The lodge at the top
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